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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 10268
2 3D Loading 6481
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21695
4 5 Point Annual Average 9130
5 5 Whys 22276
6 5S Program 8216
7 ABC Analysis 34141
8 ABC Inventory Control 17184
9 Abnormal Demand 24282
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7611
11 Activity Analysis 11421
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14398
13 Actual Demand 11141
14 Aggregate Planning 12071
15 Air Cargo 10000
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6585
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34757
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15295
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19110
20 Assembly Line 22157
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22887
22 Average Speed of Answer 26505
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22986
24 Batch Production 38161
25 Bill Discounting 14409
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11116
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7082
28 Blanket Release 9941
29 Bonded Warehouse 10007
30 Booking Number 13677
31 Bottleneck 9431
32 Buffer Stock 59002
33 Build to Stock 12867
34 Bullwhip Effect 9494
35 Business Logistics 25485
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12498
37 Capacity Management 40234
38 Capacity Utilization 14003
39 Capital Intensive 8325
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8626
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12047
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8879
44 Co-Destiny 9217
45 Co-managed Inventory 12391
46 Co-Packers 11700
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6795
48 Computer-Based Training 7636
49 Consular Invoice 19639
50 Container Depot 10546
51 Container Freight Station 10233
52 Continuous Replenishment 19393
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12004
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11344
56 Control Charts 7904
57 Cost Flow 10205
58 Courier Service 15134
59 CPFR 8157
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11718
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43954
62 Date Code 18103
63 Days of Supply 19734
64 Dead on Arrival 9150
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7248
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8042
67 Detective Control 8851
68 Devanning 14154
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10796
70 Dispatching 24307
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34537
73 Distribution Metrics 9013
74 Distribution Planning 24115
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15118
76 Double Marginalization 52524
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22210
78 Dual 5391
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20523
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38178
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49469
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7557
84 Efficient Frontier 25343
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16298
87 Erlang B Formula 9282
88 ETD 8268
89 Ex Works 7787
90 Exception Rate 13396
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 9998
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9364
94 Field Services 7699
95 Field Warehouse 10128
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8682
97 Fishbone Diagram 14529
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26882
99 Flow Through Distribution 12239
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8103
 
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