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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 9968
2 3D Loading 6326
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21425
4 5 Point Annual Average 8959
5 5 Whys 22106
6 5S Program 8039
7 ABC Analysis 33661
8 ABC Inventory Control 16988
9 Abnormal Demand 24052
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7427
11 Activity Analysis 11234
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13974
13 Actual Demand 10915
14 Aggregate Planning 11832
15 Air Cargo 9771
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6384
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34481
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15160
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18839
20 Assembly Line 21400
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22607
22 Average Speed of Answer 26325
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22576
24 Batch Production 37521
25 Bill Discounting 14055
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10766
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6881
28 Blanket Release 9724
29 Bonded Warehouse 9816
30 Booking Number 13362
31 Bottleneck 9167
32 Buffer Stock 58202
33 Build to Stock 12679
34 Bullwhip Effect 9237
35 Business Logistics 25027
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12288
37 Capacity Management 39394
38 Capacity Utilization 13719
39 Capital Intensive 8056
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8329
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11801
42 Certified Supplier 8787
43 Channel Effectiveness 8752
44 Co-Destiny 9015
45 Co-managed Inventory 12159
46 Co-Packers 11524
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6587
48 Computer-Based Training 7469
49 Consular Invoice 19275
50 Container Depot 10324
51 Container Freight Station 10103
52 Continuous Replenishment 19162
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11786
54 Contract Carrier 7186
55 Contract of Affreightment 11163
56 Control Charts 7732
57 Cost Flow 10038
58 Courier Service 14804
59 CPFR 7979
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11503
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43245
62 Date Code 17702
63 Days of Supply 19435
64 Dead on Arrival 8900
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7062
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7832
67 Detective Control 8676
68 Devanning 13964
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10570
70 Dispatching 23579
71 Distributed Inventory 8153
72 Distribution Channel Management 33993
73 Distribution Metrics 8680
74 Distribution Planning 23874
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14820
76 Double Marginalization 52146
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21967
78 Dual 5242
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20282
80 Echelon Inventory 25837
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37927
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48789
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7391
84 Efficient Frontier 24926
85 Engineer-to-Order 31221
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15903
87 Erlang B Formula 9069
88 ETD 8068
89 Ex Works 7660
90 Exception Rate 13113
91 Exponential smoothing 9593
92 External Growth 9807
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7572
95 Field Warehouse 9666
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8399
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26488
99 Flow Through Distribution 12021
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
 
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