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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 10326
2 3D Loading 6507
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21751
4 5 Point Annual Average 9167
5 5 Whys 22316
6 5S Program 8245
7 ABC Analysis 34255
8 ABC Inventory Control 17227
9 Abnormal Demand 24326
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7642
11 Activity Analysis 11464
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14510
13 Actual Demand 11185
14 Aggregate Planning 12114
15 Air Cargo 10043
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6627
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34826
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15319
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19170
20 Assembly Line 22299
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22939
22 Average Speed of Answer 26539
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23068
24 Batch Production 38288
25 Bill Discounting 14491
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11178
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7121
28 Blanket Release 9983
29 Bonded Warehouse 10040
30 Booking Number 13743
31 Bottleneck 9478
32 Buffer Stock 59150
33 Build to Stock 12905
34 Bullwhip Effect 9552
35 Business Logistics 25590
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12542
37 Capacity Management 40396
38 Capacity Utilization 14067
39 Capital Intensive 8377
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8703
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12096
42 Certified Supplier 8949
43 Channel Effectiveness 8906
44 Co-Destiny 9269
45 Co-managed Inventory 12442
46 Co-Packers 11742
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6839
48 Computer-Based Training 7671
49 Consular Invoice 19719
50 Container Depot 10583
51 Container Freight Station 10260
52 Continuous Replenishment 19437
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12049
54 Contract Carrier 7306
55 Contract of Affreightment 11391
56 Control Charts 7942
57 Cost Flow 10240
58 Courier Service 15198
59 CPFR 8193
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11769
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44073
62 Date Code 18181
63 Days of Supply 19794
64 Dead on Arrival 9208
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7285
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8081
67 Detective Control 8884
68 Devanning 14191
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10839
70 Dispatching 24435
71 Distributed Inventory 8332
72 Distribution Channel Management 34656
73 Distribution Metrics 9081
74 Distribution Planning 24163
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15177
76 Double Marginalization 52602
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22257
78 Dual 5426
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20576
80 Echelon Inventory 26162
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38228
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49618
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7591
84 Efficient Frontier 25423
85 Engineer-to-Order 31696
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16383
87 Erlang B Formula 9326
88 ETD 8308
89 Ex Works 7818
90 Exception Rate 13451
91 Exponential smoothing 9809
92 External Growth 10045
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9399
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10366
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8732
97 Fishbone Diagram 14578
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26971
99 Flow Through Distribution 12281
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8145
 
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