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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 10067
2 3D Loading 6375
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21505
4 5 Point Annual Average 9017
5 5 Whys 22165
6 5S Program 8091
7 ABC Analysis 33812
8 ABC Inventory Control 17046
9 Abnormal Demand 24123
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7486
11 Activity Analysis 11291
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14106
13 Actual Demand 11005
14 Aggregate Planning 11930
15 Air Cargo 9845
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6448
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34584
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15204
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18940
20 Assembly Line 21635
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22697
22 Average Speed of Answer 26383
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22719
24 Batch Production 37726
25 Bill Discounting 14183
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10851
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6940
28 Blanket Release 9791
29 Bonded Warehouse 9879
30 Booking Number 13455
31 Bottleneck 9270
32 Buffer Stock 58451
33 Build to Stock 12745
34 Bullwhip Effect 9321
35 Business Logistics 25168
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12354
37 Capacity Management 39705
38 Capacity Utilization 13819
39 Capital Intensive 8140
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8421
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11881
42 Certified Supplier 8833
43 Channel Effectiveness 8794
44 Co-Destiny 9069
45 Co-managed Inventory 12238
46 Co-Packers 11577
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6655
48 Computer-Based Training 7530
49 Consular Invoice 19383
50 Container Depot 10402
51 Container Freight Station 10142
52 Continuous Replenishment 19238
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11864
54 Contract Carrier 7215
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7787
57 Cost Flow 10095
58 Courier Service 14932
59 CPFR 8038
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11573
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43491
62 Date Code 17823
63 Days of Supply 19539
64 Dead on Arrival 8984
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7115
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7899
67 Detective Control 8728
68 Devanning 14029
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10644
70 Dispatching 23779
71 Distributed Inventory 8196
72 Distribution Channel Management 34171
73 Distribution Metrics 8786
74 Distribution Planning 23950
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14917
76 Double Marginalization 52293
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22042
78 Dual 5304
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20354
80 Echelon Inventory 25904
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38009
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49029
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7443
84 Efficient Frontier 25064
85 Engineer-to-Order 31344
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16029
87 Erlang B Formula 9144
88 ETD 8122
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13202
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9859
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7609
95 Field Warehouse 9729
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8497
97 Fishbone Diagram 14367
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26618
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7965
 
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