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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 9945
2 3D Loading 6314
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21407
4 5 Point Annual Average 8948
5 5 Whys 22085
6 5S Program 8028
7 ABC Analysis 33622
8 ABC Inventory Control 16972
9 Abnormal Demand 24032
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7417
11 Activity Analysis 11221
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13944
13 Actual Demand 10894
14 Aggregate Planning 11811
15 Air Cargo 9750
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6372
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34458
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15148
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18822
20 Assembly Line 21344
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22592
22 Average Speed of Answer 26317
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22547
24 Batch Production 37472
25 Bill Discounting 14028
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10749
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6868
28 Blanket Release 9710
29 Bonded Warehouse 9802
30 Booking Number 13338
31 Bottleneck 9140
32 Buffer Stock 58138
33 Build to Stock 12660
34 Bullwhip Effect 9223
35 Business Logistics 24987
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12275
37 Capacity Management 39316
38 Capacity Utilization 13700
39 Capital Intensive 8036
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8301
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11782
42 Certified Supplier 8778
43 Channel Effectiveness 8743
44 Co-Destiny 9000
45 Co-managed Inventory 12145
46 Co-Packers 11512
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6569
48 Computer-Based Training 7457
49 Consular Invoice 19249
50 Container Depot 10309
51 Container Freight Station 10091
52 Continuous Replenishment 19148
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11769
54 Contract Carrier 7179
55 Contract of Affreightment 11155
56 Control Charts 7717
57 Cost Flow 10027
58 Courier Service 14776
59 CPFR 7957
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11484
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43193
62 Date Code 17675
63 Days of Supply 19413
64 Dead on Arrival 8879
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7053
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7817
67 Detective Control 8667
68 Devanning 13953
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10557
70 Dispatching 23536
71 Distributed Inventory 8141
72 Distribution Channel Management 33954
73 Distribution Metrics 8659
74 Distribution Planning 23845
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14801
76 Double Marginalization 52114
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21951
78 Dual 5227
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20273
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37911
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48731
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7375
84 Efficient Frontier 24896
85 Engineer-to-Order 31200
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15872
87 Erlang B Formula 9048
88 ETD 8055
89 Ex Works 7652
90 Exception Rate 13093
91 Exponential smoothing 9581
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9650
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8378
97 Fishbone Diagram 14272
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26461
99 Flow Through Distribution 12001
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
 
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