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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 10089
2 3D Loading 6388
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21526
4 5 Point Annual Average 9027
5 5 Whys 22175
6 5S Program 8102
7 ABC Analysis 33842
8 ABC Inventory Control 17055
9 Abnormal Demand 24138
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7499
11 Activity Analysis 11305
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14132
13 Actual Demand 11014
14 Aggregate Planning 11943
15 Air Cargo 9854
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6468
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34602
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18959
20 Assembly Line 21702
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22714
22 Average Speed of Answer 26399
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22751
24 Batch Production 37760
25 Bill Discounting 14203
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10885
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6956
28 Blanket Release 9803
29 Bonded Warehouse 9892
30 Booking Number 13479
31 Bottleneck 9283
32 Buffer Stock 58525
33 Build to Stock 12756
34 Bullwhip Effect 9343
35 Business Logistics 25205
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12366
37 Capacity Management 39772
38 Capacity Utilization 13839
39 Capital Intensive 8158
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8447
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11896
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8801
44 Co-Destiny 9084
45 Co-managed Inventory 12249
46 Co-Packers 11585
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6669
48 Computer-Based Training 7536
49 Consular Invoice 19410
50 Container Depot 10416
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19257
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11875
54 Contract Carrier 7222
55 Contract of Affreightment 11227
56 Control Charts 7798
57 Cost Flow 10107
58 Courier Service 14956
59 CPFR 8050
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11587
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43555
62 Date Code 17854
63 Days of Supply 19558
64 Dead on Arrival 9001
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7126
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7910
67 Detective Control 8734
68 Devanning 14043
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10663
70 Dispatching 23839
71 Distributed Inventory 8205
72 Distribution Channel Management 34232
73 Distribution Metrics 8810
74 Distribution Planning 23969
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14945
76 Double Marginalization 52313
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22063
78 Dual 5313
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20369
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38026
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49079
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7452
84 Efficient Frontier 25093
85 Engineer-to-Order 31378
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16057
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8137
89 Ex Works 7710
90 Exception Rate 13217
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7617
95 Field Warehouse 9739
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26640
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7980
 
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