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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 9940
2 3D Loading 6309
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21403
4 5 Point Annual Average 8944
5 5 Whys 22079
6 5S Program 8025
7 ABC Analysis 33610
8 ABC Inventory Control 16971
9 Abnormal Demand 24029
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7415
11 Activity Analysis 11220
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13937
13 Actual Demand 10887
14 Aggregate Planning 11806
15 Air Cargo 9746
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6369
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34456
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15147
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18816
20 Assembly Line 21332
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22589
22 Average Speed of Answer 26313
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22539
24 Batch Production 37460
25 Bill Discounting 14022
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10741
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6864
28 Blanket Release 9706
29 Bonded Warehouse 9795
30 Booking Number 13335
31 Bottleneck 9137
32 Buffer Stock 58124
33 Build to Stock 12657
34 Bullwhip Effect 9219
35 Business Logistics 24979
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12271
37 Capacity Management 39293
38 Capacity Utilization 13690
39 Capital Intensive 8031
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8295
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11778
42 Certified Supplier 8776
43 Channel Effectiveness 8737
44 Co-Destiny 8997
45 Co-managed Inventory 12140
46 Co-Packers 11507
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6567
48 Computer-Based Training 7456
49 Consular Invoice 19242
50 Container Depot 10305
51 Container Freight Station 10088
52 Continuous Replenishment 19143
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11764
54 Contract Carrier 7176
55 Contract of Affreightment 11150
56 Control Charts 7715
57 Cost Flow 10026
58 Courier Service 14771
59 CPFR 7954
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11480
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43176
62 Date Code 17669
63 Days of Supply 19405
64 Dead on Arrival 8874
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7051
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7816
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13950
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10553
70 Dispatching 23529
71 Distributed Inventory 8140
72 Distribution Channel Management 33938
73 Distribution Metrics 8652
74 Distribution Planning 23841
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14793
76 Double Marginalization 52108
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21947
78 Dual 5224
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20271
80 Echelon Inventory 25820
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37905
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48710
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7373
84 Efficient Frontier 24888
85 Engineer-to-Order 31191
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15859
87 Erlang B Formula 9045
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13090
91 Exponential smoothing 9577
92 External Growth 9786
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9173
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9645
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8371
97 Fishbone Diagram 14265
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26457
99 Flow Through Distribution 11998
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7884
 
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