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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 10084
2 3D Loading 6386
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21520
4 5 Point Annual Average 9025
5 5 Whys 22174
6 5S Program 8100
7 ABC Analysis 33835
8 ABC Inventory Control 17053
9 Abnormal Demand 24136
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7497
11 Activity Analysis 11302
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14124
13 Actual Demand 11012
14 Aggregate Planning 11938
15 Air Cargo 9852
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6461
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34600
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18953
20 Assembly Line 21684
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22707
22 Average Speed of Answer 26393
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22742
24 Batch Production 37752
25 Bill Discounting 14197
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10878
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6954
28 Blanket Release 9801
29 Bonded Warehouse 9887
30 Booking Number 13474
31 Bottleneck 9278
32 Buffer Stock 58513
33 Build to Stock 12754
34 Bullwhip Effect 9334
35 Business Logistics 25197
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12362
37 Capacity Management 39751
38 Capacity Utilization 13833
39 Capital Intensive 8152
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8443
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11893
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8800
44 Co-Destiny 9078
45 Co-managed Inventory 12247
46 Co-Packers 11584
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6667
48 Computer-Based Training 7533
49 Consular Invoice 19401
50 Container Depot 10410
51 Container Freight Station 10146
52 Continuous Replenishment 19253
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11871
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11223
56 Control Charts 7795
57 Cost Flow 10105
58 Courier Service 14950
59 CPFR 8045
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11586
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43543
62 Date Code 17848
63 Days of Supply 19555
64 Dead on Arrival 8998
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7123
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7907
67 Detective Control 8733
68 Devanning 14040
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10659
70 Dispatching 23823
71 Distributed Inventory 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34218
73 Distribution Metrics 8805
74 Distribution Planning 23963
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14937
76 Double Marginalization 52308
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22057
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20366
80 Echelon Inventory 25914
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38021
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49063
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25086
85 Engineer-to-Order 31369
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16052
87 Erlang B Formula 9152
88 ETD 8131
89 Ex Works 7708
90 Exception Rate 13212
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9254
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9735
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8516
97 Fishbone Diagram 14385
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26637
99 Flow Through Distribution 12101
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7978
 
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