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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 9976
2 3D Loading 6331
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21432
4 5 Point Annual Average 8964
5 5 Whys 22109
6 5S Program 8044
7 ABC Analysis 33671
8 ABC Inventory Control 16993
9 Abnormal Demand 24058
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7436
11 Activity Analysis 11238
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13984
13 Actual Demand 10925
14 Aggregate Planning 11848
15 Air Cargo 9780
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6389
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34494
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15166
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18846
20 Assembly Line 21418
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22612
22 Average Speed of Answer 26329
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22586
24 Batch Production 37542
25 Bill Discounting 14072
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10774
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6886
28 Blanket Release 9728
29 Bonded Warehouse 9823
30 Booking Number 13370
31 Bottleneck 9179
32 Buffer Stock 58224
33 Build to Stock 12686
34 Bullwhip Effect 9249
35 Business Logistics 25040
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12292
37 Capacity Management 39423
38 Capacity Utilization 13728
39 Capital Intensive 8067
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8337
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11807
42 Certified Supplier 8793
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9022
45 Co-managed Inventory 12166
46 Co-Packers 11530
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6591
48 Computer-Based Training 7474
49 Consular Invoice 19285
50 Container Depot 10332
51 Container Freight Station 10107
52 Continuous Replenishment 19167
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11793
54 Contract Carrier 7189
55 Contract of Affreightment 11169
56 Control Charts 7736
57 Cost Flow 10045
58 Courier Service 14822
59 CPFR 7984
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11509
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43270
62 Date Code 17714
63 Days of Supply 19444
64 Dead on Arrival 8911
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7067
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7837
67 Detective Control 8679
68 Devanning 13970
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10578
70 Dispatching 23599
71 Distributed Inventory 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34009
73 Distribution Metrics 8694
74 Distribution Planning 23885
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14826
76 Double Marginalization 52158
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21974
78 Dual 5250
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20285
80 Echelon Inventory 25845
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37938
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48809
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7394
84 Efficient Frontier 24939
85 Engineer-to-Order 31231
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15918
87 Erlang B Formula 9078
88 ETD 8071
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13123
91 Exponential smoothing 9596
92 External Growth 9811
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7576
95 Field Warehouse 9673
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8407
97 Fishbone Diagram 14293
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26496
99 Flow Through Distribution 12028
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7907
 
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