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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 10088
2 3D Loading 6386
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21522
4 5 Point Annual Average 9026
5 5 Whys 22175
6 5S Program 8100
7 ABC Analysis 33838
8 ABC Inventory Control 17054
9 Abnormal Demand 24136
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7498
11 Activity Analysis 11303
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14130
13 Actual Demand 11013
14 Aggregate Planning 11942
15 Air Cargo 9853
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6464
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34601
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18956
20 Assembly Line 21696
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22710
22 Average Speed of Answer 26397
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22747
24 Batch Production 37756
25 Bill Discounting 14200
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10882
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6955
28 Blanket Release 9803
29 Bonded Warehouse 9890
30 Booking Number 13475
31 Bottleneck 9278
32 Buffer Stock 58522
33 Build to Stock 12756
34 Bullwhip Effect 9341
35 Business Logistics 25201
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12363
37 Capacity Management 39762
38 Capacity Utilization 13836
39 Capital Intensive 8155
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8445
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11894
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8800
44 Co-Destiny 9081
45 Co-managed Inventory 12248
46 Co-Packers 11584
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6668
48 Computer-Based Training 7534
49 Consular Invoice 19403
50 Container Depot 10413
51 Container Freight Station 10150
52 Continuous Replenishment 19256
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11874
54 Contract Carrier 7221
55 Contract of Affreightment 11226
56 Control Charts 7796
57 Cost Flow 10107
58 Courier Service 14954
59 CPFR 8047
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11586
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43551
62 Date Code 17853
63 Days of Supply 19558
64 Dead on Arrival 9000
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7123
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7908
67 Detective Control 8734
68 Devanning 14041
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10662
70 Dispatching 23833
71 Distributed Inventory 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34224
73 Distribution Metrics 8809
74 Distribution Planning 23967
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14942
76 Double Marginalization 52312
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22059
78 Dual 5311
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20368
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38023
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49071
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25091
85 Engineer-to-Order 31370
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16055
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8132
89 Ex Works 7709
90 Exception Rate 13216
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9867
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9738
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8520
97 Fishbone Diagram 14387
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26639
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7979
 
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