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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 9982
2 3D Loading 6336
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21439
4 5 Point Annual Average 8969
5 5 Whys 22115
6 5S Program 8047
7 ABC Analysis 33679
8 ABC Inventory Control 16998
9 Abnormal Demand 24066
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7442
11 Activity Analysis 11242
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13998
13 Actual Demand 10934
14 Aggregate Planning 11854
15 Air Cargo 9786
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6395
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34503
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15168
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18852
20 Assembly Line 21441
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22619
22 Average Speed of Answer 26336
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22597
24 Batch Production 37559
25 Bill Discounting 14083
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10782
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6891
28 Blanket Release 9732
29 Bonded Warehouse 9830
30 Booking Number 13382
31 Bottleneck 9190
32 Buffer Stock 58248
33 Build to Stock 12692
34 Bullwhip Effect 9260
35 Business Logistics 25051
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39451
38 Capacity Utilization 13740
39 Capital Intensive 8074
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8344
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11817
42 Certified Supplier 8795
43 Channel Effectiveness 8760
44 Co-Destiny 9028
45 Co-managed Inventory 12176
46 Co-Packers 11533
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6595
48 Computer-Based Training 7476
49 Consular Invoice 19298
50 Container Depot 10339
51 Container Freight Station 10109
52 Continuous Replenishment 19173
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11801
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11173
56 Control Charts 7740
57 Cost Flow 10050
58 Courier Service 14831
59 CPFR 7988
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11517
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43293
62 Date Code 17720
63 Days of Supply 19451
64 Dead on Arrival 8918
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7073
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7845
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13978
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10583
70 Dispatching 23616
71 Distributed Inventory 8160
72 Distribution Channel Management 34026
73 Distribution Metrics 8701
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14837
76 Double Marginalization 52170
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21982
78 Dual 5253
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20292
80 Echelon Inventory 25852
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37944
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48832
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7399
84 Efficient Frontier 24948
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15933
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7666
90 Exception Rate 13136
91 Exponential smoothing 9601
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9197
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8417
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26505
99 Flow Through Distribution 12036
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7914
 
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