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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 10232
2 3D Loading 6450
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21651
4 5 Point Annual Average 9106
5 5 Whys 22250
6 5S Program 8182
7 ABC Analysis 34057
8 ABC Inventory Control 17143
9 Abnormal Demand 24238
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7579
11 Activity Analysis 11391
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14325
13 Actual Demand 11105
14 Aggregate Planning 12037
15 Air Cargo 9962
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6555
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34713
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15274
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19074
20 Assembly Line 22034
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22836
22 Average Speed of Answer 26475
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22926
24 Batch Production 38022
25 Bill Discounting 14351
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11060
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7046
28 Blanket Release 9901
29 Bonded Warehouse 9976
30 Booking Number 13631
31 Bottleneck 9384
32 Buffer Stock 58837
33 Build to Stock 12836
34 Bullwhip Effect 9451
35 Business Logistics 25413
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12458
37 Capacity Management 40104
38 Capacity Utilization 13958
39 Capital Intensive 8275
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8583
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12003
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8854
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12353
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7607
49 Consular Invoice 19565
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11964
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7877
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15085
59 CPFR 8124
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43847
62 Date Code 18049
63 Days of Supply 19687
64 Dead on Arrival 9104
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8815
68 Devanning 14121
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24191
71 Distributed Inventory 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34464
73 Distribution Metrics 8955
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22166
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20477
80 Echelon Inventory 26034
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38138
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49358
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25281
85 Engineer-to-Order 31553
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16237
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8234
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9958
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9915
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26824
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
 
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