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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 10020
2 3D Loading 6356
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21473
4 5 Point Annual Average 8992
5 5 Whys 22142
6 5S Program 8070
7 ABC Analysis 33742
8 ABC Inventory Control 17023
9 Abnormal Demand 24101
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7465
11 Activity Analysis 11264
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14058
13 Actual Demand 10975
14 Aggregate Planning 11892
15 Air Cargo 9816
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6419
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34543
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15193
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18893
20 Assembly Line 21531
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22656
22 Average Speed of Answer 26361
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22652
24 Batch Production 37646
25 Bill Discounting 14135
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10816
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6920
28 Blanket Release 9757
29 Bonded Warehouse 9852
30 Booking Number 13414
31 Bottleneck 9232
32 Buffer Stock 58337
33 Build to Stock 12717
34 Bullwhip Effect 9288
35 Business Logistics 25109
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12326
37 Capacity Management 39572
38 Capacity Utilization 13780
39 Capital Intensive 8104
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8385
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11849
42 Certified Supplier 8814
43 Channel Effectiveness 8776
44 Co-Destiny 9047
45 Co-managed Inventory 12209
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6622
48 Computer-Based Training 7500
49 Consular Invoice 19339
50 Container Depot 10368
51 Container Freight Station 10129
52 Continuous Replenishment 19208
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11829
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11192
56 Control Charts 7765
57 Cost Flow 10073
58 Courier Service 14886
59 CPFR 8015
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11543
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43384
62 Date Code 17765
63 Days of Supply 19497
64 Dead on Arrival 8946
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7875
67 Detective Control 8699
68 Devanning 14001
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10614
70 Dispatching 23691
71 Distributed Inventory 8175
72 Distribution Channel Management 34103
73 Distribution Metrics 8739
74 Distribution Planning 23922
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14873
76 Double Marginalization 52245
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22011
78 Dual 5281
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20316
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48922
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7423
84 Efficient Frontier 25004
85 Engineer-to-Order 31287
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9114
88 ETD 8102
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13168
91 Exponential smoothing 9625
92 External Growth 9837
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9701
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14325
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26560
99 Flow Through Distribution 12066
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7943
 
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