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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 10043
2 3D Loading 6367
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21493
4 5 Point Annual Average 9004
5 5 Whys 22158
6 5S Program 8084
7 ABC Analysis 33781
8 ABC Inventory Control 17036
9 Abnormal Demand 24113
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7476
11 Activity Analysis 11277
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14082
13 Actual Demand 10993
14 Aggregate Planning 11916
15 Air Cargo 9829
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6434
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34568
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15201
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18925
20 Assembly Line 21586
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22682
22 Average Speed of Answer 26375
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22688
24 Batch Production 37693
25 Bill Discounting 14165
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10836
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6931
28 Blanket Release 9776
29 Bonded Warehouse 9865
30 Booking Number 13435
31 Bottleneck 9256
32 Buffer Stock 58393
33 Build to Stock 12735
34 Bullwhip Effect 9306
35 Business Logistics 25141
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12341
37 Capacity Management 39645
38 Capacity Utilization 13801
39 Capital Intensive 8125
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8405
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11868
42 Certified Supplier 8828
43 Channel Effectiveness 8787
44 Co-Destiny 9060
45 Co-managed Inventory 12226
46 Co-Packers 11563
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6637
48 Computer-Based Training 7519
49 Consular Invoice 19361
50 Container Depot 10382
51 Container Freight Station 10137
52 Continuous Replenishment 19223
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11850
54 Contract Carrier 7211
55 Contract of Affreightment 11206
56 Control Charts 7778
57 Cost Flow 10087
58 Courier Service 14914
59 CPFR 8028
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11557
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43439
62 Date Code 17795
63 Days of Supply 19521
64 Dead on Arrival 8966
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7100
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7890
67 Detective Control 8713
68 Devanning 14015
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10630
70 Dispatching 23742
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34138
73 Distribution Metrics 8761
74 Distribution Planning 23936
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14894
76 Double Marginalization 52273
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22027
78 Dual 5297
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20334
80 Echelon Inventory 25892
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37990
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48983
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7433
84 Efficient Frontier 25042
85 Engineer-to-Order 31317
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16006
87 Erlang B Formula 9133
88 ETD 8112
89 Ex Works 7689
90 Exception Rate 13188
91 Exponential smoothing 9634
92 External Growth 9848
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9233
94 Field Services 7600
95 Field Warehouse 9716
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8480
97 Fishbone Diagram 14350
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26587
99 Flow Through Distribution 12080
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
 
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