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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 10383
2 3D Loading 6526
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21775
4 5 Point Annual Average 9181
5 5 Whys 22331
6 5S Program 8260
7 ABC Analysis 34298
8 ABC Inventory Control 17251
9 Abnormal Demand 24351
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7656
11 Activity Analysis 11482
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14564
13 Actual Demand 11199
14 Aggregate Planning 12186
15 Air Cargo 10065
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6644
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34853
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15328
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19247
20 Assembly Line 22369
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22959
22 Average Speed of Answer 26555
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23103
24 Batch Production 38341
25 Bill Discounting 14512
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11215
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7136
28 Blanket Release 10004
29 Bonded Warehouse 10053
30 Booking Number 13770
31 Bottleneck 9508
32 Buffer Stock 59205
33 Build to Stock 12973
34 Bullwhip Effect 9630
35 Business Logistics 25676
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12563
37 Capacity Management 40463
38 Capacity Utilization 14090
39 Capital Intensive 8399
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8722
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12117
42 Certified Supplier 8962
43 Channel Effectiveness 8920
44 Co-Destiny 9290
45 Co-managed Inventory 12519
46 Co-Packers 11759
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6864
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19760
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19513
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12073
54 Contract Carrier 7316
55 Contract of Affreightment 11404
56 Control Charts 7957
57 Cost Flow 10263
58 Courier Service 15220
59 CPFR 8212
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11787
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44125
62 Date Code 18205
63 Days of Supply 19821
64 Dead on Arrival 9280
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7301
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8097
67 Detective Control 8902
68 Devanning 14204
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10911
70 Dispatching 24483
71 Distributed Inventory 8349
72 Distribution Channel Management 34706
73 Distribution Metrics 9099
74 Distribution Planning 24186
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52677
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22335
78 Dual 5437
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26190
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38249
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49690
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7609
84 Efficient Frontier 25454
85 Engineer-to-Order 31719
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16462
87 Erlang B Formula 9341
88 ETD 8324
89 Ex Works 7828
90 Exception Rate 13479
91 Exponential smoothing 9822
92 External Growth 10064
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9470
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10420
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8747
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27005
99 Flow Through Distribution 12302
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
 
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