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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 9980
2 3D Loading 6334
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21436
4 5 Point Annual Average 8966
5 5 Whys 22113
6 5S Program 8045
7 ABC Analysis 33676
8 ABC Inventory Control 16997
9 Abnormal Demand 24062
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7440
11 Activity Analysis 11241
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13991
13 Actual Demand 10931
14 Aggregate Planning 11850
15 Air Cargo 9783
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6392
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34498
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15167
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18852
20 Assembly Line 21436
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22616
22 Average Speed of Answer 26334
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22593
24 Batch Production 37551
25 Bill Discounting 14077
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10781
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6889
28 Blanket Release 9731
29 Bonded Warehouse 9828
30 Booking Number 13375
31 Bottleneck 9184
32 Buffer Stock 58238
33 Build to Stock 12689
34 Bullwhip Effect 9255
35 Business Logistics 25044
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12295
37 Capacity Management 39441
38 Capacity Utilization 13737
39 Capital Intensive 8071
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8341
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11812
42 Certified Supplier 8794
43 Channel Effectiveness 8758
44 Co-Destiny 9025
45 Co-managed Inventory 12171
46 Co-Packers 11531
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6593
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19291
50 Container Depot 10336
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19170
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11798
54 Contract Carrier 7190
55 Contract of Affreightment 11172
56 Control Charts 7738
57 Cost Flow 10046
58 Courier Service 14825
59 CPFR 7985
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11514
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43281
62 Date Code 17715
63 Days of Supply 19449
64 Dead on Arrival 8915
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7070
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7840
67 Detective Control 8683
68 Devanning 13974
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10582
70 Dispatching 23608
71 Distributed Inventory 8156
72 Distribution Channel Management 34021
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23891
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14830
76 Double Marginalization 52167
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21979
78 Dual 5251
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25849
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37941
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48823
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24946
85 Engineer-to-Order 31241
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15926
87 Erlang B Formula 9083
88 ETD 8074
89 Ex Works 7665
90 Exception Rate 13128
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9196
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26501
99 Flow Through Distribution 12033
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7911
 
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