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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 10062
2 3D Loading 6373
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21502
4 5 Point Annual Average 9012
5 5 Whys 22161
6 5S Program 8088
7 ABC Analysis 33805
8 ABC Inventory Control 17041
9 Abnormal Demand 24120
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7482
11 Activity Analysis 11286
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14099
13 Actual Demand 10999
14 Aggregate Planning 11925
15 Air Cargo 9839
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6443
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34577
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15203
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18937
20 Assembly Line 21622
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22690
22 Average Speed of Answer 26380
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22713
24 Batch Production 37712
25 Bill Discounting 14176
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10844
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6938
28 Blanket Release 9788
29 Bonded Warehouse 9874
30 Booking Number 13450
31 Bottleneck 9263
32 Buffer Stock 58432
33 Build to Stock 12743
34 Bullwhip Effect 9316
35 Business Logistics 25156
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12351
37 Capacity Management 39688
38 Capacity Utilization 13815
39 Capital Intensive 8134
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8415
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11879
42 Certified Supplier 8832
43 Channel Effectiveness 8793
44 Co-Destiny 9065
45 Co-managed Inventory 12235
46 Co-Packers 11575
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6649
48 Computer-Based Training 7526
49 Consular Invoice 19375
50 Container Depot 10395
51 Container Freight Station 10139
52 Continuous Replenishment 19232
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11859
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11213
56 Control Charts 7784
57 Cost Flow 10091
58 Courier Service 14926
59 CPFR 8033
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11566
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43474
62 Date Code 17811
63 Days of Supply 19535
64 Dead on Arrival 8977
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7110
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7895
67 Detective Control 8722
68 Devanning 14026
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10639
70 Dispatching 23766
71 Distributed Inventory 8192
72 Distribution Channel Management 34161
73 Distribution Metrics 8778
74 Distribution Planning 23945
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14909
76 Double Marginalization 52287
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22035
78 Dual 5303
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20348
80 Echelon Inventory 25900
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38004
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49016
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7440
84 Efficient Frontier 25060
85 Engineer-to-Order 31339
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16019
87 Erlang B Formula 9142
88 ETD 8118
89 Ex Works 7694
90 Exception Rate 13199
91 Exponential smoothing 9645
92 External Growth 9856
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9238
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9727
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8492
97 Fishbone Diagram 14361
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26606
99 Flow Through Distribution 12090
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7961
 
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