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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 10097
2 3D Loading 6390
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21528
4 5 Point Annual Average 9033
5 5 Whys 22178
6 5S Program 8106
7 ABC Analysis 33851
8 ABC Inventory Control 17057
9 Abnormal Demand 24143
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7502
11 Activity Analysis 11306
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14140
13 Actual Demand 11015
14 Aggregate Planning 11946
15 Air Cargo 9857
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6471
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34605
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15210
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18965
20 Assembly Line 21721
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22716
22 Average Speed of Answer 26401
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22760
24 Batch Production 37773
25 Bill Discounting 14205
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10891
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6957
28 Blanket Release 9808
29 Bonded Warehouse 9895
30 Booking Number 13484
31 Bottleneck 9287
32 Buffer Stock 58542
33 Build to Stock 12760
34 Bullwhip Effect 9346
35 Business Logistics 25215
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12367
37 Capacity Management 39781
38 Capacity Utilization 13846
39 Capital Intensive 8167
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8452
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11901
42 Certified Supplier 8842
43 Channel Effectiveness 8802
44 Co-Destiny 9087
45 Co-managed Inventory 12253
46 Co-Packers 11589
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6671
48 Computer-Based Training 7538
49 Consular Invoice 19414
50 Container Depot 10420
51 Container Freight Station 10151
52 Continuous Replenishment 19261
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11879
54 Contract Carrier 7223
55 Contract of Affreightment 11236
56 Control Charts 7803
57 Cost Flow 10112
58 Courier Service 14964
59 CPFR 8054
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11589
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43574
62 Date Code 17861
63 Days of Supply 19564
64 Dead on Arrival 9009
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7129
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7914
67 Detective Control 8736
68 Devanning 14049
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10667
70 Dispatching 23860
71 Distributed Inventory 8206
72 Distribution Channel Management 34240
73 Distribution Metrics 8818
74 Distribution Planning 23971
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14950
76 Double Marginalization 52322
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22068
78 Dual 5316
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20376
80 Echelon Inventory 25919
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38030
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49099
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7455
84 Efficient Frontier 25100
85 Engineer-to-Order 31386
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16065
87 Erlang B Formula 9158
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13220
91 Exponential smoothing 9663
92 External Growth 9870
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9259
94 Field Services 7619
95 Field Warehouse 9741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8525
97 Fishbone Diagram 14394
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26653
99 Flow Through Distribution 12108
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7982
 
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