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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 8391
2 3D Loading 5382
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20348
4 5 Point Annual Average 7983
5 5 Whys 20822
6 5S Program 7062
7 ABC Analysis 30080
8 ABC Inventory Control 15567
9 Abnormal Demand 22597
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6438
11 Activity Analysis 10139
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 11641
13 Actual Demand 9467
14 Aggregate Planning 10591
15 Air Cargo 8504
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5231
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33064
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14180
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17287
20 Assembly Line 17185
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21204
22 Average Speed of Answer 25302
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20591
24 Batch Production 33888
25 Bill Discounting 12275
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9292
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5948
28 Blanket Release 8433
29 Bonded Warehouse 8748
30 Booking Number 11555
31 Bottleneck 7950
32 Buffer Stock 53153
33 Build to Stock 11444
34 Bullwhip Effect 7940
35 Business Logistics 22295
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11268
37 Capacity Management 33727
38 Capacity Utilization 12158
39 Capital Intensive 6809
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6797
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10454
42 Certified Supplier 7858
43 Channel Effectiveness 7690
44 Co-Destiny 7951
45 Co-managed Inventory 10811
46 Co-Packers 10478
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5288
48 Computer-Based Training 6639
49 Consular Invoice 17528
50 Container Depot 9303
51 Container Freight Station 9152
52 Continuous Replenishment 17741
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10703
54 Contract Carrier 6420
55 Contract of Affreightment 10116
56 Control Charts 6799
57 Cost Flow 9047
58 Courier Service 13102
59 CPFR 6908
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10461
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 38899
62 Date Code 15635
63 Days of Supply 17936
64 Dead on Arrival 7585
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6201
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6676
67 Detective Control 7518
68 Devanning 12824
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9222
70 Dispatching 20461
71 Distributed Inventory 7282
72 Distribution Channel Management 30540
73 Distribution Metrics 7163
74 Distribution Planning 22382
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13291
76 Double Marginalization 49536
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20555
78 Dual 4275
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19106
80 Echelon Inventory 24671
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35833
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 44327
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6367
84 Efficient Frontier 22744
85 Engineer-to-Order 28961
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14112
87 Erlang B Formula 7759
88 ETD 6977
89 Ex Works 6734
90 Exception Rate 11352
91 Exponential smoothing 8595
92 External Growth 8663
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8199
94 Field Services 6715
95 Field Warehouse 8624
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6537
97 Fishbone Diagram 13021
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24044
99 Flow Through Distribution 10757
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6751
 
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