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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 8755
2 3D Loading 5625
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20521
4 5 Point Annual Average 8237
5 5 Whys 21096
6 5S Program 7269
7 ABC Analysis 30840
8 ABC Inventory Control 15861
9 Abnormal Demand 22931
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6646
11 Activity Analysis 10386
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12297
13 Actual Demand 9793
14 Aggregate Planning 10865
15 Air Cargo 8793
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5507
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33434
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14432
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17679
20 Assembly Line 18246
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21529
22 Average Speed of Answer 25527
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21001
24 Batch Production 34641
25 Bill Discounting 12652
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9640
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6132
28 Blanket Release 8798
29 Bonded Warehouse 8965
30 Booking Number 12012
31 Bottleneck 8165
32 Buffer Stock 54521
33 Build to Stock 11712
34 Bullwhip Effect 8237
35 Business Logistics 22836
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11540
37 Capacity Management 35054
38 Capacity Utilization 12541
39 Capital Intensive 7063
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7114
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10737
42 Certified Supplier 8080
43 Channel Effectiveness 7958
44 Co-Destiny 8224
45 Co-managed Inventory 11148
46 Co-Packers 10719
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5616
48 Computer-Based Training 6848
49 Consular Invoice 17947
50 Container Depot 9516
51 Container Freight Station 9349
52 Continuous Replenishment 18108
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10910
54 Contract Carrier 6625
55 Contract of Affreightment 10411
56 Control Charts 6993
57 Cost Flow 9294
58 Courier Service 13374
59 CPFR 7136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10707
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 40100
62 Date Code 16081
63 Days of Supply 18299
64 Dead on Arrival 7889
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6407
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6962
67 Detective Control 7833
68 Devanning 13094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9555
70 Dispatching 21015
71 Distributed Inventory 7491
72 Distribution Channel Management 31399
73 Distribution Metrics 7452
74 Distribution Planning 22747
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13654
76 Double Marginalization 50124
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20882
78 Dual 4483
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19436
80 Echelon Inventory 24972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36251
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45373
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6594
84 Efficient Frontier 23403
85 Engineer-to-Order 29560
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14485
87 Erlang B Formula 8083
88 ETD 7256
89 Ex Works 6989
90 Exception Rate 11826
91 Exponential smoothing 8822
92 External Growth 8910
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8397
94 Field Services 6955
95 Field Warehouse 8890
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6982
97 Fishbone Diagram 13293
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 24734
99 Flow Through Distribution 11035
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7011
 
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