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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 9964
2 3D Loading 6323
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21421
4 5 Point Annual Average 8956
5 5 Whys 22100
6 5S Program 8036
7 ABC Analysis 33651
8 ABC Inventory Control 16985
9 Abnormal Demand 24045
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7426
11 Activity Analysis 11230
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13967
13 Actual Demand 10912
14 Aggregate Planning 11821
15 Air Cargo 9765
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6382
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34475
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15155
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18835
20 Assembly Line 21384
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22601
22 Average Speed of Answer 26323
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22568
24 Batch Production 37503
25 Bill Discounting 14045
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10762
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6877
28 Blanket Release 9717
29 Bonded Warehouse 9812
30 Booking Number 13355
31 Bottleneck 9156
32 Buffer Stock 58186
33 Build to Stock 12674
34 Bullwhip Effect 9231
35 Business Logistics 25016
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12286
37 Capacity Management 39380
38 Capacity Utilization 13713
39 Capital Intensive 8049
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8320
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11797
42 Certified Supplier 8783
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9008
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11519
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6576
48 Computer-Based Training 7467
49 Consular Invoice 19265
50 Container Depot 10321
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19158
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11779
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7726
57 Cost Flow 10035
58 Courier Service 14792
59 CPFR 7969
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11497
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43230
62 Date Code 17695
63 Days of Supply 19426
64 Dead on Arrival 8894
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7825
67 Detective Control 8674
68 Devanning 13957
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10566
70 Dispatching 23569
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33980
73 Distribution Metrics 8673
74 Distribution Planning 23863
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14814
76 Double Marginalization 52137
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21962
78 Dual 5237
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25831
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37921
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48770
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7385
84 Efficient Frontier 24918
85 Engineer-to-Order 31212
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15892
87 Erlang B Formula 9061
88 ETD 8063
89 Ex Works 7657
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9590
92 External Growth 9802
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26481
99 Flow Through Distribution 12016
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7896
 
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