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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 10220
2 3D Loading 6443
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21642
4 5 Point Annual Average 9099
5 5 Whys 22244
6 5S Program 8177
7 ABC Analysis 34044
8 ABC Inventory Control 17134
9 Abnormal Demand 24227
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7570
11 Activity Analysis 11384
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14304
13 Actual Demand 11094
14 Aggregate Planning 12030
15 Air Cargo 9953
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6549
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34704
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15267
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19067
20 Assembly Line 22015
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22825
22 Average Speed of Answer 26470
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22912
24 Batch Production 38011
25 Bill Discounting 14345
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11052
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7042
28 Blanket Release 9898
29 Bonded Warehouse 9970
30 Booking Number 13616
31 Bottleneck 9379
32 Buffer Stock 58815
33 Build to Stock 12830
34 Bullwhip Effect 9442
35 Business Logistics 25397
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12449
37 Capacity Management 40090
38 Capacity Utilization 13950
39 Capital Intensive 8267
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8570
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11996
42 Certified Supplier 8896
43 Channel Effectiveness 8849
44 Co-Destiny 9172
45 Co-managed Inventory 12344
46 Co-Packers 11663
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6752
48 Computer-Based Training 7601
49 Consular Invoice 19553
50 Container Depot 10511
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19350
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11955
54 Contract Carrier 7266
55 Contract of Affreightment 11309
56 Control Charts 7871
57 Cost Flow 10174
58 Courier Service 15078
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11673
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43825
62 Date Code 18039
63 Days of Supply 19675
64 Dead on Arrival 9095
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7212
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7999
67 Detective Control 8810
68 Devanning 14118
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10747
70 Dispatching 24172
71 Distributed Inventory 8261
72 Distribution Channel Management 34449
73 Distribution Metrics 8945
74 Distribution Planning 24064
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15059
76 Double Marginalization 52452
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22158
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20471
80 Echelon Inventory 26022
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38128
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49342
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7522
84 Efficient Frontier 25268
85 Engineer-to-Order 31540
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16224
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8227
89 Ex Works 7761
90 Exception Rate 13333
91 Exponential smoothing 9738
92 External Growth 9954
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9333
94 Field Services 7672
95 Field Warehouse 9895
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8633
97 Fishbone Diagram 14496
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26811
99 Flow Through Distribution 12195
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8064
 
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