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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 9993
2 3D Loading 6340
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21442
4 5 Point Annual Average 8972
5 5 Whys 22119
6 5S Program 8056
7 ABC Analysis 33693
8 ABC Inventory Control 17007
9 Abnormal Demand 24073
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7448
11 Activity Analysis 11247
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14008
13 Actual Demand 10941
14 Aggregate Planning 11863
15 Air Cargo 9792
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6403
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34510
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15172
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18861
20 Assembly Line 21463
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22627
22 Average Speed of Answer 26342
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22606
24 Batch Production 37580
25 Bill Discounting 14092
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10790
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6896
28 Blanket Release 9736
29 Bonded Warehouse 9837
30 Booking Number 13388
31 Bottleneck 9201
32 Buffer Stock 58268
33 Build to Stock 12699
34 Bullwhip Effect 9271
35 Business Logistics 25061
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12304
37 Capacity Management 39479
38 Capacity Utilization 13748
39 Capital Intensive 8080
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8349
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11822
42 Certified Supplier 8799
43 Channel Effectiveness 8766
44 Co-Destiny 9033
45 Co-managed Inventory 12182
46 Co-Packers 11537
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6599
48 Computer-Based Training 7479
49 Consular Invoice 19311
50 Container Depot 10342
51 Container Freight Station 10117
52 Continuous Replenishment 19178
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11805
54 Contract Carrier 7191
55 Contract of Affreightment 11175
56 Control Charts 7746
57 Cost Flow 10053
58 Courier Service 14841
59 CPFR 7993
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11522
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43310
62 Date Code 17728
63 Days of Supply 19459
64 Dead on Arrival 8923
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7074
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7851
67 Detective Control 8688
68 Devanning 13982
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10588
70 Dispatching 23628
71 Distributed Inventory 8165
72 Distribution Channel Management 34045
73 Distribution Metrics 8709
74 Distribution Planning 23896
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14846
76 Double Marginalization 52183
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21986
78 Dual 5261
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20297
80 Echelon Inventory 25856
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37950
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48847
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7401
84 Efficient Frontier 24965
85 Engineer-to-Order 31253
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15943
87 Erlang B Formula 9091
88 ETD 8081
89 Ex Works 7668
90 Exception Rate 13140
91 Exponential smoothing 9608
92 External Growth 9820
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9206
94 Field Services 7580
95 Field Warehouse 9683
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8426
97 Fishbone Diagram 14302
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26514
99 Flow Through Distribution 12040
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7922
 
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