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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 10241
2 3D Loading 6459
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21662
4 5 Point Annual Average 9109
5 5 Whys 22256
6 5S Program 8195
7 ABC Analysis 34077
8 ABC Inventory Control 17153
9 Abnormal Demand 24247
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7585
11 Activity Analysis 11396
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14342
13 Actual Demand 11115
14 Aggregate Planning 12044
15 Air Cargo 9974
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6564
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34720
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15283
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19081
20 Assembly Line 22068
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22847
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22935
24 Batch Production 38054
25 Bill Discounting 14366
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11074
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7056
28 Blanket Release 9911
29 Bonded Warehouse 9982
30 Booking Number 13645
31 Bottleneck 9397
32 Buffer Stock 58876
33 Build to Stock 12843
34 Bullwhip Effect 9459
35 Business Logistics 25428
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12467
37 Capacity Management 40137
38 Capacity Utilization 13964
39 Capital Intensive 8284
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8597
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12014
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9192
45 Co-managed Inventory 12362
46 Co-Packers 11676
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6770
48 Computer-Based Training 7613
49 Consular Invoice 19583
50 Container Depot 10523
51 Container Freight Station 10217
52 Continuous Replenishment 19367
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11974
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7886
57 Cost Flow 10183
58 Courier Service 15096
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11692
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43872
62 Date Code 18064
63 Days of Supply 19694
64 Dead on Arrival 9118
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8826
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10767
70 Dispatching 24223
71 Distributed Inventory 8278
72 Distribution Channel Management 34488
73 Distribution Metrics 8970
74 Distribution Planning 24080
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15083
76 Double Marginalization 52481
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22174
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26043
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38149
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49392
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7535
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31566
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16253
87 Erlang B Formula 9259
88 ETD 8245
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13354
91 Exponential smoothing 9751
92 External Growth 9970
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9975
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8647
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26836
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
 
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