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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 10333
2 3D Loading 6510
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21756
4 5 Point Annual Average 9169
5 5 Whys 22320
6 5S Program 8246
7 ABC Analysis 34271
8 ABC Inventory Control 17234
9 Abnormal Demand 24333
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7646
11 Activity Analysis 11472
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14524
13 Actual Demand 11188
14 Aggregate Planning 12118
15 Air Cargo 10050
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6630
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34831
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15320
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19175
20 Assembly Line 22311
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22943
22 Average Speed of Answer 26545
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23081
24 Batch Production 38298
25 Bill Discounting 14495
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11190
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7124
28 Blanket Release 9985
29 Bonded Warehouse 10042
30 Booking Number 13749
31 Bottleneck 9483
32 Buffer Stock 59161
33 Build to Stock 12909
34 Bullwhip Effect 9557
35 Business Logistics 25600
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12547
37 Capacity Management 40404
38 Capacity Utilization 14071
39 Capital Intensive 8382
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8706
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12101
42 Certified Supplier 8953
43 Channel Effectiveness 8910
44 Co-Destiny 9273
45 Co-managed Inventory 12448
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6843
48 Computer-Based Training 7675
49 Consular Invoice 19730
50 Container Depot 10587
51 Container Freight Station 10262
52 Continuous Replenishment 19443
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12055
54 Contract Carrier 7307
55 Contract of Affreightment 11394
56 Control Charts 7945
57 Cost Flow 10245
58 Courier Service 15201
59 CPFR 8195
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11771
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44086
62 Date Code 18186
63 Days of Supply 19800
64 Dead on Arrival 9213
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7289
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14193
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10842
70 Dispatching 24444
71 Distributed Inventory 8337
72 Distribution Channel Management 34667
73 Distribution Metrics 9084
74 Distribution Planning 24169
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15184
76 Double Marginalization 52608
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22265
78 Dual 5428
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20578
80 Echelon Inventory 26165
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38235
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49636
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7596
84 Efficient Frontier 25432
85 Engineer-to-Order 31701
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16392
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8310
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9811
92 External Growth 10049
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9404
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10378
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8735
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26981
99 Flow Through Distribution 12286
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8153
 
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