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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 10005
2 3D Loading 6349
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21456
4 5 Point Annual Average 8986
5 5 Whys 22134
6 5S Program 8064
7 ABC Analysis 33720
8 ABC Inventory Control 17016
9 Abnormal Demand 24089
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7456
11 Activity Analysis 11257
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14035
13 Actual Demand 10964
14 Aggregate Planning 11876
15 Air Cargo 9803
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6413
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34525
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15187
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18874
20 Assembly Line 21493
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22641
22 Average Speed of Answer 26351
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22635
24 Batch Production 37611
25 Bill Discounting 14110
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10805
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6908
28 Blanket Release 9748
29 Bonded Warehouse 9844
30 Booking Number 13402
31 Bottleneck 9219
32 Buffer Stock 58310
33 Build to Stock 12707
34 Bullwhip Effect 9281
35 Business Logistics 25091
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12315
37 Capacity Management 39521
38 Capacity Utilization 13766
39 Capital Intensive 8094
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8372
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11834
42 Certified Supplier 8805
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9042
45 Co-managed Inventory 12197
46 Co-Packers 11547
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6610
48 Computer-Based Training 7490
49 Consular Invoice 19329
50 Container Depot 10356
51 Container Freight Station 10122
52 Continuous Replenishment 19195
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11816
54 Contract Carrier 7200
55 Contract of Affreightment 11183
56 Control Charts 7757
57 Cost Flow 10065
58 Courier Service 14863
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43350
62 Date Code 17749
63 Days of Supply 19484
64 Dead on Arrival 8934
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7083
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7866
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13995
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10603
70 Dispatching 23656
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34076
73 Distribution Metrics 8724
74 Distribution Planning 23907
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14864
76 Double Marginalization 52218
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21998
78 Dual 5272
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20304
80 Echelon Inventory 25867
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37963
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48892
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7412
84 Efficient Frontier 24988
85 Engineer-to-Order 31271
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9103
88 ETD 8093
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9616
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9215
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8439
97 Fishbone Diagram 14312
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26541
99 Flow Through Distribution 12054
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
 
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