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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 10322
2 3D Loading 6504
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21747
4 5 Point Annual Average 9164
5 5 Whys 22312
6 5S Program 8241
7 ABC Analysis 34243
8 ABC Inventory Control 17222
9 Abnormal Demand 24322
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7638
11 Activity Analysis 11461
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14505
13 Actual Demand 11180
14 Aggregate Planning 12108
15 Air Cargo 10040
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6623
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34820
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15315
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19164
20 Assembly Line 22286
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22932
22 Average Speed of Answer 26535
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23060
24 Batch Production 38280
25 Bill Discounting 14482
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11170
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7117
28 Blanket Release 9979
29 Bonded Warehouse 10038
30 Booking Number 13735
31 Bottleneck 9472
32 Buffer Stock 59143
33 Build to Stock 12903
34 Bullwhip Effect 9548
35 Business Logistics 25583
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12539
37 Capacity Management 40387
38 Capacity Utilization 14063
39 Capital Intensive 8373
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8696
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12089
42 Certified Supplier 8947
43 Channel Effectiveness 8901
44 Co-Destiny 9265
45 Co-managed Inventory 12436
46 Co-Packers 11738
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6832
48 Computer-Based Training 7667
49 Consular Invoice 19710
50 Container Depot 10580
51 Container Freight Station 10256
52 Continuous Replenishment 19435
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12043
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11386
56 Control Charts 7936
57 Cost Flow 10237
58 Courier Service 15190
59 CPFR 8191
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11764
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44068
62 Date Code 18177
63 Days of Supply 19790
64 Dead on Arrival 9206
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7280
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8078
67 Detective Control 8881
68 Devanning 14187
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10834
70 Dispatching 24424
71 Distributed Inventory 8327
72 Distribution Channel Management 34651
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52597
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5421
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20572
80 Echelon Inventory 26156
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38221
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49605
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7587
84 Efficient Frontier 25417
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16378
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7813
90 Exception Rate 13445
91 Exponential smoothing 9806
92 External Growth 10037
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10351
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14572
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26965
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8141
 
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