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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 10275
2 3D Loading 6485
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21703
4 5 Point Annual Average 9134
5 5 Whys 22282
6 5S Program 8220
7 ABC Analysis 34158
8 ABC Inventory Control 17190
9 Abnormal Demand 24285
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7612
11 Activity Analysis 11428
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14414
13 Actual Demand 11148
14 Aggregate Planning 12074
15 Air Cargo 10004
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6589
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34764
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19118
20 Assembly Line 22176
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22893
22 Average Speed of Answer 26507
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22994
24 Batch Production 38187
25 Bill Discounting 14418
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11121
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7085
28 Blanket Release 9947
29 Bonded Warehouse 10010
30 Booking Number 13682
31 Bottleneck 9438
32 Buffer Stock 59028
33 Build to Stock 12872
34 Bullwhip Effect 9498
35 Business Logistics 25500
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12500
37 Capacity Management 40257
38 Capacity Utilization 14011
39 Capital Intensive 8327
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8636
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9220
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11705
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6797
48 Computer-Based Training 7640
49 Consular Invoice 19647
50 Container Depot 10550
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19400
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12010
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11349
56 Control Charts 7908
57 Cost Flow 10211
58 Courier Service 15142
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11724
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43974
62 Date Code 18110
63 Days of Supply 19743
64 Dead on Arrival 9159
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7252
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8856
68 Devanning 14158
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10801
70 Dispatching 24329
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34552
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24122
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15124
76 Double Marginalization 52532
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22213
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26093
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38185
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49482
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7560
84 Efficient Frontier 25350
85 Engineer-to-Order 31624
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16309
87 Erlang B Formula 9291
88 ETD 8272
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13403
91 Exponential smoothing 9773
92 External Growth 10005
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9371
94 Field Services 7702
95 Field Warehouse 10157
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14535
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26894
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8109
 
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