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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 10077
2 3D Loading 6381
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21513
4 5 Point Annual Average 9021
5 5 Whys 22168
6 5S Program 8095
7 ABC Analysis 33827
8 ABC Inventory Control 17051
9 Abnormal Demand 24131
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7492
11 Activity Analysis 11298
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14118
13 Actual Demand 11007
14 Aggregate Planning 11933
15 Air Cargo 9850
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6457
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34592
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15208
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18947
20 Assembly Line 21663
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22701
22 Average Speed of Answer 26389
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22735
24 Batch Production 37741
25 Bill Discounting 14187
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10871
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6950
28 Blanket Release 9795
29 Bonded Warehouse 9884
30 Booking Number 13469
31 Bottleneck 9275
32 Buffer Stock 58486
33 Build to Stock 12751
34 Bullwhip Effect 9326
35 Business Logistics 25185
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12359
37 Capacity Management 39727
38 Capacity Utilization 13827
39 Capital Intensive 8148
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8432
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11888
42 Certified Supplier 8837
43 Channel Effectiveness 8797
44 Co-Destiny 9073
45 Co-managed Inventory 12244
46 Co-Packers 11581
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6664
48 Computer-Based Training 7531
49 Consular Invoice 19394
50 Container Depot 10406
51 Container Freight Station 10145
52 Continuous Replenishment 19248
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11867
54 Contract Carrier 7218
55 Contract of Affreightment 11218
56 Control Charts 7791
57 Cost Flow 10102
58 Courier Service 14942
59 CPFR 8042
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11580
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43518
62 Date Code 17836
63 Days of Supply 19546
64 Dead on Arrival 8992
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7121
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7903
67 Detective Control 8729
68 Devanning 14032
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10650
70 Dispatching 23807
71 Distributed Inventory 8201
72 Distribution Channel Management 34200
73 Distribution Metrics 8799
74 Distribution Planning 23959
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14928
76 Double Marginalization 52303
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22053
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20361
80 Echelon Inventory 25908
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38016
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49049
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7447
84 Efficient Frontier 25076
85 Engineer-to-Order 31356
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16042
87 Erlang B Formula 9148
88 ETD 8127
89 Ex Works 7705
90 Exception Rate 13209
91 Exponential smoothing 9655
92 External Growth 9863
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7614
95 Field Warehouse 9733
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8508
97 Fishbone Diagram 14375
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26629
99 Flow Through Distribution 12099
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7975
 
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