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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 9994
2 3D Loading 6342
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21444
4 5 Point Annual Average 8974
5 5 Whys 22121
6 5S Program 8056
7 ABC Analysis 33695
8 ABC Inventory Control 17008
9 Abnormal Demand 24075
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7449
11 Activity Analysis 11249
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14011
13 Actual Demand 10944
14 Aggregate Planning 11865
15 Air Cargo 9793
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6405
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34512
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15174
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18862
20 Assembly Line 21466
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22631
22 Average Speed of Answer 26342
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22609
24 Batch Production 37583
25 Bill Discounting 14095
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10792
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6900
28 Blanket Release 9737
29 Bonded Warehouse 9839
30 Booking Number 13388
31 Bottleneck 9203
32 Buffer Stock 58272
33 Build to Stock 12699
34 Bullwhip Effect 9272
35 Business Logistics 25063
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12304
37 Capacity Management 39483
38 Capacity Utilization 13750
39 Capital Intensive 8081
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8353
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11825
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8766
44 Co-Destiny 9036
45 Co-managed Inventory 12184
46 Co-Packers 11539
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6601
48 Computer-Based Training 7480
49 Consular Invoice 19312
50 Container Depot 10343
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19179
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11807
54 Contract Carrier 7194
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7748
57 Cost Flow 10055
58 Courier Service 14843
59 CPFR 7994
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11525
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43311
62 Date Code 17731
63 Days of Supply 19459
64 Dead on Arrival 8925
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7075
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7852
67 Detective Control 8688
68 Devanning 13983
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10589
70 Dispatching 23632
71 Distributed Inventory 8165
72 Distribution Channel Management 34049
73 Distribution Metrics 8712
74 Distribution Planning 23897
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14849
76 Double Marginalization 52187
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21987
78 Dual 5263
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20299
80 Echelon Inventory 25857
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37953
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48853
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7403
84 Efficient Frontier 24967
85 Engineer-to-Order 31255
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15947
87 Erlang B Formula 9093
88 ETD 8084
89 Ex Works 7669
90 Exception Rate 13142
91 Exponential smoothing 9609
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9206
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9685
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8429
97 Fishbone Diagram 14303
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12043
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
 
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