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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 9921
2 3D Loading 6292
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21382
4 5 Point Annual Average 8930
5 5 Whys 22058
6 5S Program 8015
7 ABC Analysis 33558
8 ABC Inventory Control 16950
9 Abnormal Demand 23996
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7402
11 Activity Analysis 11204
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13905
13 Actual Demand 10861
14 Aggregate Planning 11786
15 Air Cargo 9717
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6359
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34430
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15138
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18781
20 Assembly Line 21279
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22567
22 Average Speed of Answer 26305
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22494
24 Batch Production 37410
25 Bill Discounting 13994
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10719
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6853
28 Blanket Release 9694
29 Bonded Warehouse 9781
30 Booking Number 13300
31 Bottleneck 9117
32 Buffer Stock 58048
33 Build to Stock 12631
34 Bullwhip Effect 9199
35 Business Logistics 24925
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12261
37 Capacity Management 39202
38 Capacity Utilization 13669
39 Capital Intensive 8016
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8271
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11755
42 Certified Supplier 8771
43 Channel Effectiveness 8723
44 Co-Destiny 8988
45 Co-managed Inventory 12121
46 Co-Packers 11501
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6548
48 Computer-Based Training 7447
49 Consular Invoice 19207
50 Container Depot 10293
51 Container Freight Station 10079
52 Continuous Replenishment 19122
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11749
54 Contract Carrier 7171
55 Contract of Affreightment 11140
56 Control Charts 7704
57 Cost Flow 10012
58 Courier Service 14740
59 CPFR 7941
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11465
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43087
62 Date Code 17633
63 Days of Supply 19371
64 Dead on Arrival 8848
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7041
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7798
67 Detective Control 8656
68 Devanning 13940
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10535
70 Dispatching 23481
71 Distributed Inventory 8127
72 Distribution Channel Management 33871
73 Distribution Metrics 8626
74 Distribution Planning 23824
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14767
76 Double Marginalization 52060
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21930
78 Dual 5213
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20262
80 Echelon Inventory 25796
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37881
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48642
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7362
84 Efficient Frontier 24848
85 Engineer-to-Order 31155
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15818
87 Erlang B Formula 9030
88 ETD 8041
89 Ex Works 7638
90 Exception Rate 13066
91 Exponential smoothing 9566
92 External Growth 9766
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7556
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8349
97 Fishbone Diagram 14241
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26426
99 Flow Through Distribution 11985
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7867
 
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