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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 9170
2 3D Loading 5842
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20783
4 5 Point Annual Average 8450
5 5 Whys 21457
6 5S Program 7501
7 ABC Analysis 31911
8 ABC Inventory Control 16370
9 Abnormal Demand 23242
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6927
11 Activity Analysis 10660
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12889
13 Actual Demand 10155
14 Aggregate Planning 11210
15 Air Cargo 9100
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5801
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33760
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14708
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18058
20 Assembly Line 19335
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21894
22 Average Speed of Answer 25789
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21427
24 Batch Production 35732
25 Bill Discounting 13128
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9980
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6341
28 Blanket Release 9121
29 Bonded Warehouse 9283
30 Booking Number 12444
31 Bottleneck 8488
32 Buffer Stock 55732
33 Build to Stock 12048
34 Bullwhip Effect 8609
35 Business Logistics 23559
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11795
37 Capacity Management 36301
38 Capacity Utilization 12954
39 Capital Intensive 7361
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7487
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11062
42 Certified Supplier 8342
43 Channel Effectiveness 8240
44 Co-Destiny 8477
45 Co-managed Inventory 11482
46 Co-Packers 10988
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5921
48 Computer-Based Training 7068
49 Consular Invoice 18274
50 Container Depot 9791
51 Container Freight Station 9610
52 Continuous Replenishment 18481
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11215
54 Contract Carrier 6855
55 Contract of Affreightment 10686
56 Control Charts 7229
57 Cost Flow 9553
58 Courier Service 13753
59 CPFR 7451
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10965
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41156
62 Date Code 16615
63 Days of Supply 18674
64 Dead on Arrival 8172
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6650
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7255
67 Detective Control 8197
68 Devanning 13383
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9847
70 Dispatching 21637
71 Distributed Inventory 7701
72 Distribution Channel Management 32249
73 Distribution Metrics 7830
74 Distribution Planning 23117
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14050
76 Double Marginalization 50941
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21236
78 Dual 4746
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19766
80 Echelon Inventory 25268
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36864
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46586
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6844
84 Efficient Frontier 23899
85 Engineer-to-Order 30127
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14869
87 Erlang B Formula 8440
88 ETD 7536
89 Ex Works 7214
90 Exception Rate 12290
91 Exponential smoothing 9085
92 External Growth 9224
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8659
94 Field Services 7185
95 Field Warehouse 9147
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7487
97 Fishbone Diagram 13616
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25373
99 Flow Through Distribution 11354
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7328
 
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