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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 9335
2 3D Loading 5959
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20912
4 5 Point Annual Average 8562
5 5 Whys 21602
6 5S Program 7628
7 ABC Analysis 32253
8 ABC Inventory Control 16515
9 Abnormal Demand 23402
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7053
11 Activity Analysis 10792
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13108
13 Actual Demand 10310
14 Aggregate Planning 11343
15 Air Cargo 9212
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5934
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33912
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14820
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18202
20 Assembly Line 19715
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22025
22 Average Speed of Answer 25921
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21605
24 Batch Production 36080
25 Bill Discounting 13308
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10126
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6452
28 Blanket Release 9258
29 Bonded Warehouse 9405
30 Booking Number 12615
31 Bottleneck 8611
32 Buffer Stock 56122
33 Build to Stock 12188
34 Bullwhip Effect 8745
35 Business Logistics 23816
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11913
37 Capacity Management 36827
38 Capacity Utilization 13104
39 Capital Intensive 7516
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7646
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11181
42 Certified Supplier 8446
43 Channel Effectiveness 8373
44 Co-Destiny 8567
45 Co-managed Inventory 11616
46 Co-Packers 11130
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6056
48 Computer-Based Training 7165
49 Consular Invoice 18400
50 Container Depot 9903
51 Container Freight Station 9736
52 Continuous Replenishment 18608
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11333
54 Contract Carrier 6948
55 Contract of Affreightment 10805
56 Control Charts 7340
57 Cost Flow 9676
58 Courier Service 13929
59 CPFR 7580
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11066
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41493
62 Date Code 16844
63 Days of Supply 18841
64 Dead on Arrival 8316
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6739
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7371
67 Detective Control 8333
68 Devanning 13492
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9998
70 Dispatching 21951
71 Distributed Inventory 7802
72 Distribution Channel Management 32542
73 Distribution Metrics 7987
74 Distribution Planning 23299
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14181
76 Double Marginalization 51144
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21395
78 Dual 4865
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19901
80 Echelon Inventory 25382
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37095
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46960
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6960
84 Efficient Frontier 24062
85 Engineer-to-Order 30335
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15035
87 Erlang B Formula 8570
88 ETD 7667
89 Ex Works 7324
90 Exception Rate 12452
91 Exponential smoothing 9185
92 External Growth 9357
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8779
94 Field Services 7284
95 Field Warehouse 9272
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7692
97 Fishbone Diagram 13755
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25571
99 Flow Through Distribution 11510
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7453
 
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