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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 10246
2 3D Loading 6462
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21667
4 5 Point Annual Average 9112
5 5 Whys 22258
6 5S Program 8198
7 ABC Analysis 34080
8 ABC Inventory Control 17157
9 Abnormal Demand 24249
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7589
11 Activity Analysis 11399
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14351
13 Actual Demand 11117
14 Aggregate Planning 12048
15 Air Cargo 9976
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6566
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34725
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15286
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19083
20 Assembly Line 22079
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22849
22 Average Speed of Answer 26485
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22941
24 Batch Production 38058
25 Bill Discounting 14369
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11079
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7059
28 Blanket Release 9915
29 Bonded Warehouse 9984
30 Booking Number 13648
31 Bottleneck 9403
32 Buffer Stock 58892
33 Build to Stock 12847
34 Bullwhip Effect 9463
35 Business Logistics 25437
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12469
37 Capacity Management 40149
38 Capacity Utilization 13968
39 Capital Intensive 8288
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8602
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12017
42 Certified Supplier 8906
43 Channel Effectiveness 8861
44 Co-Destiny 9194
45 Co-managed Inventory 12364
46 Co-Packers 11678
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6772
48 Computer-Based Training 7616
49 Consular Invoice 19592
50 Container Depot 10528
51 Container Freight Station 10218
52 Continuous Replenishment 19370
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11976
54 Contract Carrier 7276
55 Contract of Affreightment 11324
56 Control Charts 7889
57 Cost Flow 10186
58 Courier Service 15099
59 CPFR 8139
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11695
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43881
62 Date Code 18068
63 Days of Supply 19699
64 Dead on Arrival 9123
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7225
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8013
67 Detective Control 8829
68 Devanning 14131
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10771
70 Dispatching 24239
71 Distributed Inventory 8280
72 Distribution Channel Management 34491
73 Distribution Metrics 8973
74 Distribution Planning 24086
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15085
76 Double Marginalization 52483
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22179
78 Dual 5380
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20489
80 Echelon Inventory 26049
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38152
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49400
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7537
84 Efficient Frontier 25295
85 Engineer-to-Order 31569
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16256
87 Erlang B Formula 9264
88 ETD 8249
89 Ex Works 7775
90 Exception Rate 13359
91 Exponential smoothing 9752
92 External Growth 9972
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9344
94 Field Services 7683
95 Field Warehouse 9989
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8649
97 Fishbone Diagram 14508
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26841
99 Flow Through Distribution 12212
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8082
 
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