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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 10002
2 3D Loading 6349
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21455
4 5 Point Annual Average 8985
5 5 Whys 22128
6 5S Program 8063
7 ABC Analysis 33717
8 ABC Inventory Control 17016
9 Abnormal Demand 24085
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7455
11 Activity Analysis 11257
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14034
13 Actual Demand 10960
14 Aggregate Planning 11874
15 Air Cargo 9801
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6413
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34523
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15186
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18871
20 Assembly Line 21492
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22639
22 Average Speed of Answer 26349
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22632
24 Batch Production 37605
25 Bill Discounting 14108
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10803
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6906
28 Blanket Release 9746
29 Bonded Warehouse 9844
30 Booking Number 13401
31 Bottleneck 9218
32 Buffer Stock 58304
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25090
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12314
37 Capacity Management 39517
38 Capacity Utilization 13763
39 Capital Intensive 8093
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8369
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11833
42 Certified Supplier 8804
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9042
45 Co-managed Inventory 12195
46 Co-Packers 11543
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6608
48 Computer-Based Training 7489
49 Consular Invoice 19327
50 Container Depot 10354
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19193
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11814
54 Contract Carrier 7199
55 Contract of Affreightment 11183
56 Control Charts 7756
57 Cost Flow 10064
58 Courier Service 14858
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43343
62 Date Code 17745
63 Days of Supply 19479
64 Dead on Arrival 8934
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7082
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7865
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13992
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10601
70 Dispatching 23653
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34073
73 Distribution Metrics 8722
74 Distribution Planning 23906
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14863
76 Double Marginalization 52215
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21997
78 Dual 5271
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20303
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37963
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48886
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7412
84 Efficient Frontier 24986
85 Engineer-to-Order 31265
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9102
88 ETD 8091
89 Ex Works 7675
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8437
97 Fishbone Diagram 14310
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26540
99 Flow Through Distribution 12054
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7929
 
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