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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 9942
2 3D Loading 6310
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21406
4 5 Point Annual Average 8946
5 5 Whys 22082
6 5S Program 8026
7 ABC Analysis 33615
8 ABC Inventory Control 16972
9 Abnormal Demand 24030
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7416
11 Activity Analysis 11220
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13940
13 Actual Demand 10891
14 Aggregate Planning 11810
15 Air Cargo 9747
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6370
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34458
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15147
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18820
20 Assembly Line 21336
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22591
22 Average Speed of Answer 26316
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22544
24 Batch Production 37469
25 Bill Discounting 14025
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10744
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6868
28 Blanket Release 9706
29 Bonded Warehouse 9799
30 Booking Number 13336
31 Bottleneck 9139
32 Buffer Stock 58133
33 Build to Stock 12658
34 Bullwhip Effect 9221
35 Business Logistics 24983
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12272
37 Capacity Management 39305
38 Capacity Utilization 13694
39 Capital Intensive 8034
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8298
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11779
42 Certified Supplier 8777
43 Channel Effectiveness 8738
44 Co-Destiny 8998
45 Co-managed Inventory 12143
46 Co-Packers 11507
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6568
48 Computer-Based Training 7456
49 Consular Invoice 19245
50 Container Depot 10308
51 Container Freight Station 10089
52 Continuous Replenishment 19147
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11767
54 Contract Carrier 7177
55 Contract of Affreightment 11151
56 Control Charts 7716
57 Cost Flow 10027
58 Courier Service 14775
59 CPFR 7956
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11482
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43183
62 Date Code 17672
63 Days of Supply 19407
64 Dead on Arrival 8877
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7052
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7817
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13951
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10555
70 Dispatching 23531
71 Distributed Inventory 8141
72 Distribution Channel Management 33946
73 Distribution Metrics 8657
74 Distribution Planning 23843
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14798
76 Double Marginalization 52110
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21949
78 Dual 5225
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20273
80 Echelon Inventory 25821
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37908
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48718
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7375
84 Efficient Frontier 24893
85 Engineer-to-Order 31193
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15866
87 Erlang B Formula 9047
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7650
90 Exception Rate 13091
91 Exponential smoothing 9579
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8373
97 Fishbone Diagram 14268
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26460
99 Flow Through Distribution 11999
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7887
 
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