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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 10249
2 3D Loading 6465
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21671
4 5 Point Annual Average 9113
5 5 Whys 22262
6 5S Program 8201
7 ABC Analysis 34088
8 ABC Inventory Control 17164
9 Abnormal Demand 24252
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7593
11 Activity Analysis 11404
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14362
13 Actual Demand 11122
14 Aggregate Planning 12052
15 Air Cargo 9979
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6569
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34731
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19086
20 Assembly Line 22088
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22857
22 Average Speed of Answer 26487
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22946
24 Batch Production 38080
25 Bill Discounting 14374
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11087
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7062
28 Blanket Release 9919
29 Bonded Warehouse 9987
30 Booking Number 13651
31 Bottleneck 9408
32 Buffer Stock 58912
33 Build to Stock 12851
34 Bullwhip Effect 9469
35 Business Logistics 25446
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12472
37 Capacity Management 40167
38 Capacity Utilization 13973
39 Capital Intensive 8291
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8608
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9198
45 Co-managed Inventory 12370
46 Co-Packers 11681
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6775
48 Computer-Based Training 7619
49 Consular Invoice 19600
50 Container Depot 10530
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19379
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11982
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11328
56 Control Charts 7892
57 Cost Flow 10188
58 Courier Service 15105
59 CPFR 8143
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11697
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43894
62 Date Code 18071
63 Days of Supply 19705
64 Dead on Arrival 9126
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7227
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8018
67 Detective Control 8832
68 Devanning 14136
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10774
70 Dispatching 24252
71 Distributed Inventory 8284
72 Distribution Channel Management 34505
73 Distribution Metrics 8981
74 Distribution Planning 24090
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15091
76 Double Marginalization 52491
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22186
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20495
80 Echelon Inventory 26057
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38156
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49415
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7540
84 Efficient Frontier 25301
85 Engineer-to-Order 31576
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16267
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8251
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13365
91 Exponential smoothing 9755
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9347
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10009
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8655
97 Fishbone Diagram 14510
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26850
99 Flow Through Distribution 12216
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
 
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