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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 10369
2 3D Loading 6522
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21769
4 5 Point Annual Average 9180
5 5 Whys 22329
6 5S Program 8257
7 ABC Analysis 34292
8 ABC Inventory Control 17246
9 Abnormal Demand 24346
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7652
11 Activity Analysis 11480
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14555
13 Actual Demand 11196
14 Aggregate Planning 12166
15 Air Cargo 10059
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6641
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34846
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15327
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19226
20 Assembly Line 22357
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22956
22 Average Speed of Answer 26552
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23096
24 Batch Production 38331
25 Bill Discounting 14507
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11205
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7131
28 Blanket Release 9997
29 Bonded Warehouse 10050
30 Booking Number 13766
31 Bottleneck 9501
32 Buffer Stock 59188
33 Build to Stock 12956
34 Bullwhip Effect 9609
35 Business Logistics 25652
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12559
37 Capacity Management 40446
38 Capacity Utilization 14087
39 Capital Intensive 8392
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8717
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12113
42 Certified Supplier 8959
43 Channel Effectiveness 8918
44 Co-Destiny 9284
45 Co-managed Inventory 12499
46 Co-Packers 11753
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6860
48 Computer-Based Training 7683
49 Consular Invoice 19755
50 Container Depot 10595
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19492
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12066
54 Contract Carrier 7312
55 Contract of Affreightment 11402
56 Control Charts 7952
57 Cost Flow 10256
58 Courier Service 15214
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11782
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44113
62 Date Code 18203
63 Days of Supply 19813
64 Dead on Arrival 9261
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7300
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8090
67 Detective Control 8899
68 Devanning 14201
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10890
70 Dispatching 24471
71 Distributed Inventory 8343
72 Distribution Channel Management 34692
73 Distribution Metrics 9095
74 Distribution Planning 24180
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15197
76 Double Marginalization 52658
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22314
78 Dual 5434
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20589
80 Echelon Inventory 26183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38245
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49676
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25443
85 Engineer-to-Order 31716
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16442
87 Erlang B Formula 9334
88 ETD 8318
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13474
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9453
94 Field Services 7737
95 Field Warehouse 10405
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14593
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27001
99 Flow Through Distribution 12296
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
 
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