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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 8141
2 3D Loading 5229
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20145
4 5 Point Annual Average 7779
5 5 Whys 20611
6 5S Program 6936
7 ABC Analysis 29536
8 ABC Inventory Control 15383
9 Abnormal Demand 22259
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6257
11 Activity Analysis 9899
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 11051
13 Actual Demand 9229
14 Aggregate Planning 10433
15 Air Cargo 8346
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5089
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32725
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14018
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17007
20 Assembly Line 16385
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20997
22 Average Speed of Answer 25150
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20249
24 Batch Production 33316
25 Bill Discounting 11964
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9016
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5820
28 Blanket Release 8185
29 Bonded Warehouse 8593
30 Booking Number 11244
31 Bottleneck 7801
32 Buffer Stock 52116
33 Build to Stock 11252
34 Bullwhip Effect 7677
35 Business Logistics 21863
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11064
37 Capacity Management 32835
38 Capacity Utilization 11850
39 Capital Intensive 6582
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6557
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10240
42 Certified Supplier 7670
43 Channel Effectiveness 7516
44 Co-Destiny 7718
45 Co-managed Inventory 10473
46 Co-Packers 10305
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5060
48 Computer-Based Training 6503
49 Consular Invoice 17276
50 Container Depot 9170
51 Container Freight Station 9006
52 Continuous Replenishment 17487
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10557
54 Contract Carrier 6271
55 Contract of Affreightment 9927
56 Control Charts 6675
57 Cost Flow 8838
58 Courier Service 12838
59 CPFR 6750
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10296
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 37733
62 Date Code 15276
63 Days of Supply 17706
64 Dead on Arrival 7374
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6047
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6526
67 Detective Control 7340
68 Devanning 12629
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8942
70 Dispatching 20036
71 Distributed Inventory 7143
72 Distribution Channel Management 29833
73 Distribution Metrics 6891
74 Distribution Planning 22070
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12996
76 Double Marginalization 48971
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20300
78 Dual 4147
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18870
80 Echelon Inventory 24422
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35487
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 43414
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6230
84 Efficient Frontier 22250
85 Engineer-to-Order 28495
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13867
87 Erlang B Formula 7607
88 ETD 6801
89 Ex Works 6580
90 Exception Rate 10986
91 Exponential smoothing 8444
92 External Growth 8507
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7977
94 Field Services 6564
95 Field Warehouse 8357
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6182
97 Fishbone Diagram 12845
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 23419
99 Flow Through Distribution 10560
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6556
 
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