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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 10200
2 3D Loading 6431
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21616
4 5 Point Annual Average 9090
5 5 Whys 22232
6 5S Program 8162
7 ABC Analysis 34001
8 ABC Inventory Control 17116
9 Abnormal Demand 24208
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7556
11 Activity Analysis 11365
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14261
13 Actual Demand 11077
14 Aggregate Planning 12014
15 Air Cargo 9927
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6538
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34681
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15254
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19040
20 Assembly Line 21934
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22796
22 Average Speed of Answer 26452
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22881
24 Batch Production 37957
25 Bill Discounting 14319
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11014
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7023
28 Blanket Release 9878
29 Bonded Warehouse 9954
30 Booking Number 13592
31 Bottleneck 9358
32 Buffer Stock 58741
33 Build to Stock 12814
34 Bullwhip Effect 9425
35 Business Logistics 25361
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12433
37 Capacity Management 40014
38 Capacity Utilization 13922
39 Capital Intensive 8244
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8546
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11973
42 Certified Supplier 8881
43 Channel Effectiveness 8840
44 Co-Destiny 9155
45 Co-managed Inventory 12324
46 Co-Packers 11644
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6735
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19526
50 Container Depot 10485
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19329
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11941
54 Contract Carrier 7259
55 Contract of Affreightment 11295
56 Control Charts 7857
57 Cost Flow 10158
58 Courier Service 15049
59 CPFR 8106
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11653
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43768
62 Date Code 18004
63 Days of Supply 19663
64 Dead on Arrival 9079
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7195
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7982
67 Detective Control 8792
68 Devanning 14103
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10733
70 Dispatching 24088
71 Distributed Inventory 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34400
73 Distribution Metrics 8918
74 Distribution Planning 24045
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15030
76 Double Marginalization 52418
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22140
78 Dual 5357
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20447
80 Echelon Inventory 25992
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38110
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49279
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25226
85 Engineer-to-Order 31506
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16188
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8207
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13312
91 Exponential smoothing 9727
92 External Growth 9939
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9830
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8608
97 Fishbone Diagram 14467
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26780
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
 
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