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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 10016
2 3D Loading 6355
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21468
4 5 Point Annual Average 8991
5 5 Whys 22140
6 5S Program 8069
7 ABC Analysis 33738
8 ABC Inventory Control 17022
9 Abnormal Demand 24097
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7465
11 Activity Analysis 11264
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14052
13 Actual Demand 10973
14 Aggregate Planning 11887
15 Air Cargo 9813
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6419
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34538
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15191
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18892
20 Assembly Line 21520
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22654
22 Average Speed of Answer 26358
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22651
24 Batch Production 37638
25 Bill Discounting 14129
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10816
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6917
28 Blanket Release 9755
29 Bonded Warehouse 9851
30 Booking Number 13412
31 Bottleneck 9228
32 Buffer Stock 58329
33 Build to Stock 12716
34 Bullwhip Effect 9286
35 Business Logistics 25105
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12324
37 Capacity Management 39559
38 Capacity Utilization 13779
39 Capital Intensive 8101
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8384
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11846
42 Certified Supplier 8810
43 Channel Effectiveness 8775
44 Co-Destiny 9045
45 Co-managed Inventory 12207
46 Co-Packers 11554
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6619
48 Computer-Based Training 7497
49 Consular Invoice 19338
50 Container Depot 10364
51 Container Freight Station 10128
52 Continuous Replenishment 19204
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11826
54 Contract Carrier 7204
55 Contract of Affreightment 11191
56 Control Charts 7762
57 Cost Flow 10070
58 Courier Service 14880
59 CPFR 8011
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11540
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43378
62 Date Code 17761
63 Days of Supply 19495
64 Dead on Arrival 8944
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7089
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7873
67 Detective Control 8698
68 Devanning 13999
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10610
70 Dispatching 23682
71 Distributed Inventory 8174
72 Distribution Channel Management 34096
73 Distribution Metrics 8736
74 Distribution Planning 23919
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14871
76 Double Marginalization 52239
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22008
78 Dual 5278
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20313
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48918
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7420
84 Efficient Frontier 25001
85 Engineer-to-Order 31284
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15979
87 Erlang B Formula 9112
88 ETD 8100
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13165
91 Exponential smoothing 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8455
97 Fishbone Diagram 14320
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26555
99 Flow Through Distribution 12063
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7941
 
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