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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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1 24/7/365 10034
2 3D Loading 6364
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21486
4 5 Point Annual Average 9000
5 5 Whys 22151
6 5S Program 8080
7 ABC Analysis 33764
8 ABC Inventory Control 17032
9 Abnormal Demand 24108
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7474
11 Activity Analysis 11273
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14070
13 Actual Demand 10985
14 Aggregate Planning 11910
15 Air Cargo 9825
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6426
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34560
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15197
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18911
20 Assembly Line 21562
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22668
22 Average Speed of Answer 26369
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22675
24 Batch Production 37679
25 Bill Discounting 14159
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10830
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6928
28 Blanket Release 9767
29 Bonded Warehouse 9860
30 Booking Number 13424
31 Bottleneck 9249
32 Buffer Stock 58369
33 Build to Stock 12725
34 Bullwhip Effect 9297
35 Business Logistics 25126
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12335
37 Capacity Management 39615
38 Capacity Utilization 13792
39 Capital Intensive 8116
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8396
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11861
42 Certified Supplier 8821
43 Channel Effectiveness 8783
44 Co-Destiny 9052
45 Co-managed Inventory 12219
46 Co-Packers 11557
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6628
48 Computer-Based Training 7513
49 Consular Invoice 19349
50 Container Depot 10377
51 Container Freight Station 10135
52 Continuous Replenishment 19217
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11840
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11203
56 Control Charts 7773
57 Cost Flow 10081
58 Courier Service 14904
59 CPFR 8022
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11551
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43413
62 Date Code 17778
63 Days of Supply 19511
64 Dead on Arrival 8957
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7093
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7884
67 Detective Control 8706
68 Devanning 14007
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10623
70 Dispatching 23715
71 Distributed Inventory 8184
72 Distribution Channel Management 34121
73 Distribution Metrics 8752
74 Distribution Planning 23930
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14884
76 Double Marginalization 52262
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22020
78 Dual 5295
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20322
80 Echelon Inventory 25886
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37983
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48954
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7429
84 Efficient Frontier 25021
85 Engineer-to-Order 31305
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15992
87 Erlang B Formula 9129
88 ETD 8107
89 Ex Works 7685
90 Exception Rate 13181
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8472
97 Fishbone Diagram 14337
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26573
99 Flow Through Distribution 12078
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7952
 
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