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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 9955
2 3D Loading 6320
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21410
4 5 Point Annual Average 8953
5 5 Whys 22091
6 5S Program 8031
7 ABC Analysis 33640
8 ABC Inventory Control 16976
9 Abnormal Demand 24040
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7422
11 Activity Analysis 11227
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13956
13 Actual Demand 10904
14 Aggregate Planning 11816
15 Air Cargo 9760
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6376
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34465
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15151
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18825
20 Assembly Line 21362
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22598
22 Average Speed of Answer 26319
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22557
24 Batch Production 37487
25 Bill Discounting 14037
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10756
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6872
28 Blanket Release 9713
29 Bonded Warehouse 9809
30 Booking Number 13347
31 Bottleneck 9148
32 Buffer Stock 58161
33 Build to Stock 12665
34 Bullwhip Effect 9227
35 Business Logistics 25000
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12279
37 Capacity Management 39351
38 Capacity Utilization 13706
39 Capital Intensive 8042
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8310
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11789
42 Certified Supplier 8782
43 Channel Effectiveness 8746
44 Co-Destiny 9005
45 Co-managed Inventory 12150
46 Co-Packers 11515
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6573
48 Computer-Based Training 7461
49 Consular Invoice 19259
50 Container Depot 10315
51 Container Freight Station 10097
52 Continuous Replenishment 19153
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11774
54 Contract Carrier 7182
55 Contract of Affreightment 11157
56 Control Charts 7724
57 Cost Flow 10032
58 Courier Service 14785
59 CPFR 7963
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11490
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43211
62 Date Code 17686
63 Days of Supply 19422
64 Dead on Arrival 8887
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7055
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7821
67 Detective Control 8670
68 Devanning 13955
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10561
70 Dispatching 23555
71 Distributed Inventory 8147
72 Distribution Channel Management 33969
73 Distribution Metrics 8667
74 Distribution Planning 23852
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14807
76 Double Marginalization 52125
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21957
78 Dual 5231
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25826
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48751
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7381
84 Efficient Frontier 24908
85 Engineer-to-Order 31205
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15882
87 Erlang B Formula 9056
88 ETD 8059
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13103
91 Exponential smoothing 9585
92 External Growth 9793
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9181
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9653
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14277
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26470
99 Flow Through Distribution 12009
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
 
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