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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 10009
2 3D Loading 6351
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21459
4 5 Point Annual Average 8988
5 5 Whys 22138
6 5S Program 8066
7 ABC Analysis 33732
8 ABC Inventory Control 17018
9 Abnormal Demand 24092
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7457
11 Activity Analysis 11260
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14040
13 Actual Demand 10967
14 Aggregate Planning 11881
15 Air Cargo 9806
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6414
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34529
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15190
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18882
20 Assembly Line 21508
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22644
22 Average Speed of Answer 26352
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22642
24 Batch Production 37620
25 Bill Discounting 14117
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10808
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6912
28 Blanket Release 9751
29 Bonded Warehouse 9846
30 Booking Number 13408
31 Bottleneck 9221
32 Buffer Stock 58317
33 Build to Stock 12710
34 Bullwhip Effect 9284
35 Business Logistics 25099
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12316
37 Capacity Management 39537
38 Capacity Utilization 13771
39 Capital Intensive 8097
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8375
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11839
42 Certified Supplier 8807
43 Channel Effectiveness 8773
44 Co-Destiny 9044
45 Co-managed Inventory 12202
46 Co-Packers 11552
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6614
48 Computer-Based Training 7493
49 Consular Invoice 19331
50 Container Depot 10358
51 Container Freight Station 10125
52 Continuous Replenishment 19199
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11819
54 Contract Carrier 7201
55 Contract of Affreightment 11187
56 Control Charts 7758
57 Cost Flow 10067
58 Courier Service 14871
59 CPFR 8007
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11534
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43365
62 Date Code 17755
63 Days of Supply 19491
64 Dead on Arrival 8938
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7087
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7868
67 Detective Control 8695
68 Devanning 13996
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10606
70 Dispatching 23670
71 Distributed Inventory 8169
72 Distribution Channel Management 34083
73 Distribution Metrics 8728
74 Distribution Planning 23914
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14868
76 Double Marginalization 52223
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22004
78 Dual 5274
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20308
80 Echelon Inventory 25873
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37966
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48900
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7415
84 Efficient Frontier 24993
85 Engineer-to-Order 31277
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15974
87 Erlang B Formula 9108
88 ETD 8096
89 Ex Works 7678
90 Exception Rate 13161
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9833
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9217
94 Field Services 7586
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8444
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26550
99 Flow Through Distribution 12059
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7934
 
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