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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 9966
2 3D Loading 6325
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21424
4 5 Point Annual Average 8959
5 5 Whys 22106
6 5S Program 8038
7 ABC Analysis 33661
8 ABC Inventory Control 16986
9 Abnormal Demand 24052
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7427
11 Activity Analysis 11233
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13973
13 Actual Demand 10914
14 Aggregate Planning 11826
15 Air Cargo 9770
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6384
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34478
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15158
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18838
20 Assembly Line 21397
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22606
22 Average Speed of Answer 26325
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22572
24 Batch Production 37514
25 Bill Discounting 14052
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10765
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6881
28 Blanket Release 9723
29 Bonded Warehouse 9814
30 Booking Number 13361
31 Bottleneck 9161
32 Buffer Stock 58196
33 Build to Stock 12678
34 Bullwhip Effect 9235
35 Business Logistics 25023
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12287
37 Capacity Management 39391
38 Capacity Utilization 13718
39 Capital Intensive 8055
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8325
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11800
42 Certified Supplier 8787
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9014
45 Co-managed Inventory 12158
46 Co-Packers 11524
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6585
48 Computer-Based Training 7469
49 Consular Invoice 19274
50 Container Depot 10323
51 Container Freight Station 10101
52 Continuous Replenishment 19161
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11786
54 Contract Carrier 7185
55 Contract of Affreightment 11163
56 Control Charts 7728
57 Cost Flow 10037
58 Courier Service 14799
59 CPFR 7976
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11502
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43244
62 Date Code 17700
63 Days of Supply 19432
64 Dead on Arrival 8899
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7061
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7828
67 Detective Control 8676
68 Devanning 13962
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10568
70 Dispatching 23574
71 Distributed Inventory 8151
72 Distribution Channel Management 33989
73 Distribution Metrics 8677
74 Distribution Planning 23871
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14819
76 Double Marginalization 52142
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21966
78 Dual 5239
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20280
80 Echelon Inventory 25836
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37926
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48786
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7389
84 Efficient Frontier 24925
85 Engineer-to-Order 31219
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15900
87 Erlang B Formula 9063
88 ETD 8067
89 Ex Works 7660
90 Exception Rate 13112
91 Exponential smoothing 9591
92 External Growth 9807
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9189
94 Field Services 7572
95 Field Warehouse 9665
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8398
97 Fishbone Diagram 14284
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26486
99 Flow Through Distribution 12019
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7901
 
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