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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 6348
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21453
4 5 Point Annual Average 8981
5 5 Whys 22128
6 5S Program 8062
7 ABC Analysis 33713
8 ABC Inventory Control 17014
9 Abnormal Demand 24083
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7454
11 Activity Analysis 11256
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14030
13 Actual Demand 10955
14 Aggregate Planning 11871
15 Air Cargo 9800
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6412
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34520
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15184
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18870
20 Assembly Line 21484
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22638
22 Average Speed of Answer 26348
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22628
24 Batch Production 37599
25 Bill Discounting 14101
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10803
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6905
28 Blanket Release 9745
29 Bonded Warehouse 9843
30 Booking Number 13397
31 Bottleneck 9214
32 Buffer Stock 58294
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25082
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12310
37 Capacity Management 39505
38 Capacity Utilization 13761
39 Capital Intensive 8091
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8363
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11831
42 Certified Supplier 8803
43 Channel Effectiveness 8771
44 Co-Destiny 9040
45 Co-managed Inventory 12193
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6607
48 Computer-Based Training 7485
49 Consular Invoice 19323
50 Container Depot 10353
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19192
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11813
54 Contract Carrier 7197
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7754
57 Cost Flow 10062
58 Courier Service 14853
59 CPFR 8003
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11530
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43336
62 Date Code 17739
63 Days of Supply 19472
64 Dead on Arrival 8932
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7860
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13991
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10599
70 Dispatching 23649
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34065
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14861
76 Double Marginalization 52207
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21995
78 Dual 5268
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48876
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7409
84 Efficient Frontier 24983
85 Engineer-to-Order 31263
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15962
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13155
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9693
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14308
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26534
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
 
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