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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 10116
2 3D Loading 6397
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21540
4 5 Point Annual Average 9038
5 5 Whys 22185
6 5S Program 8111
7 ABC Analysis 33875
8 ABC Inventory Control 17064
9 Abnormal Demand 24155
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7509
11 Activity Analysis 11314
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14151
13 Actual Demand 11023
14 Aggregate Planning 11957
15 Air Cargo 9871
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6481
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34616
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15216
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18976
20 Assembly Line 21754
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22725
22 Average Speed of Answer 26409
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22781
24 Batch Production 37799
25 Bill Discounting 14217
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10912
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6969
28 Blanket Release 9815
29 Bonded Warehouse 9904
30 Booking Number 13493
31 Bottleneck 9297
32 Buffer Stock 58574
33 Build to Stock 12765
34 Bullwhip Effect 9357
35 Business Logistics 25239
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12376
37 Capacity Management 39817
38 Capacity Utilization 13855
39 Capital Intensive 8180
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8472
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11919
42 Certified Supplier 8846
43 Channel Effectiveness 8807
44 Co-Destiny 9096
45 Co-managed Inventory 12267
46 Co-Packers 11598
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6681
48 Computer-Based Training 7543
49 Consular Invoice 19428
50 Container Depot 10429
51 Container Freight Station 10160
52 Continuous Replenishment 19271
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11890
54 Contract Carrier 7225
55 Contract of Affreightment 11252
56 Control Charts 7809
57 Cost Flow 10120
58 Courier Service 14979
59 CPFR 8062
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11599
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43611
62 Date Code 17884
63 Days of Supply 19582
64 Dead on Arrival 9017
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7137
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7923
67 Detective Control 8745
68 Devanning 14056
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10673
70 Dispatching 23905
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34263
73 Distribution Metrics 8832
74 Distribution Planning 23983
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14960
76 Double Marginalization 52337
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22077
78 Dual 5321
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20384
80 Echelon Inventory 25933
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38045
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49134
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7459
84 Efficient Frontier 25123
85 Engineer-to-Order 31403
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16084
87 Erlang B Formula 9164
88 ETD 8150
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13236
91 Exponential smoothing 9672
92 External Growth 9879
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9266
94 Field Services 7627
95 Field Warehouse 9749
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8537
97 Fishbone Diagram 14407
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26674
99 Flow Through Distribution 12120
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7996
 
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