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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 9632
2 3D Loading 6091
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21116
4 5 Point Annual Average 8708
5 5 Whys 21805
6 5S Program 7791
7 ABC Analysis 32849
8 ABC Inventory Control 16717
9 Abnormal Demand 23658
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7193
11 Activity Analysis 10977
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13468
13 Actual Demand 10533
14 Aggregate Planning 11537
15 Air Cargo 9407
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6125
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34107
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14942
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18463
20 Assembly Line 20474
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22248
22 Average Speed of Answer 26110
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21952
24 Batch Production 36672
25 Bill Discounting 13643
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10366
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6603
28 Blanket Release 9458
29 Bonded Warehouse 9555
30 Booking Number 12901
31 Bottleneck 8811
32 Buffer Stock 57003
33 Build to Stock 12382
34 Bullwhip Effect 8952
35 Business Logistics 24365
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12054
37 Capacity Management 37900
38 Capacity Utilization 13348
39 Capital Intensive 7724
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7911
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11391
42 Certified Supplier 8588
43 Channel Effectiveness 8506
44 Co-Destiny 8734
45 Co-managed Inventory 11840
46 Co-Packers 11289
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6274
48 Computer-Based Training 7284
49 Consular Invoice 18717
50 Container Depot 10065
51 Container Freight Station 9863
52 Continuous Replenishment 18822
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11498
54 Contract Carrier 7029
55 Contract of Affreightment 10951
56 Control Charts 7483
57 Cost Flow 9807
58 Courier Service 14322
59 CPFR 7734
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11232
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42138
62 Date Code 17240
63 Days of Supply 19065
64 Dead on Arrival 8545
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6874
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7543
67 Detective Control 8468
68 Devanning 13699
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10225
70 Dispatching 22578
71 Distributed Inventory 7940
72 Distribution Channel Management 33175
73 Distribution Metrics 8216
74 Distribution Planning 23552
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14418
76 Double Marginalization 51485
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21627
78 Dual 5001
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20055
80 Echelon Inventory 25557
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37492
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47663
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7162
84 Efficient Frontier 24372
85 Engineer-to-Order 30697
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15313
87 Erlang B Formula 8772
88 ETD 7828
89 Ex Works 7454
90 Exception Rate 12695
91 Exponential smoothing 9347
92 External Growth 9567
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8970
94 Field Services 7396
95 Field Warehouse 9410
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8004
97 Fishbone Diagram 13940
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25941
99 Flow Through Distribution 11707
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7631
 
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