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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 10151
2 3D Loading 6408
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21564
4 5 Point Annual Average 9056
5 5 Whys 22205
6 5S Program 8132
7 ABC Analysis 33906
8 ABC Inventory Control 17076
9 Abnormal Demand 24169
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7528
11 Activity Analysis 11328
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14182
13 Actual Demand 11042
14 Aggregate Planning 11979
15 Air Cargo 9891
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6501
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34637
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15227
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18999
20 Assembly Line 21804
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22747
22 Average Speed of Answer 26422
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22810
24 Batch Production 37841
25 Bill Discounting 14245
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10946
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6986
28 Blanket Release 9830
29 Bonded Warehouse 9920
30 Booking Number 13525
31 Bottleneck 9319
32 Buffer Stock 58619
33 Build to Stock 12784
34 Bullwhip Effect 9376
35 Business Logistics 25271
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12391
37 Capacity Management 39886
38 Capacity Utilization 13878
39 Capital Intensive 8199
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8496
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11934
42 Certified Supplier 8859
43 Channel Effectiveness 8818
44 Co-Destiny 9113
45 Co-managed Inventory 12286
46 Co-Packers 11611
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6695
48 Computer-Based Training 7560
49 Consular Invoice 19457
50 Container Depot 10449
51 Container Freight Station 10175
52 Continuous Replenishment 19288
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11910
54 Contract Carrier 7238
55 Contract of Affreightment 11267
56 Control Charts 7826
57 Cost Flow 10134
58 Courier Service 15000
59 CPFR 8075
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11618
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43668
62 Date Code 17920
63 Days of Supply 19602
64 Dead on Arrival 9040
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7158
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7946
67 Detective Control 8757
68 Devanning 14074
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10691
70 Dispatching 23962
71 Distributed Inventory 8224
72 Distribution Channel Management 34308
73 Distribution Metrics 8864
74 Distribution Planning 24005
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14981
76 Double Marginalization 52365
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22099
78 Dual 5334
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20402
80 Echelon Inventory 25953
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38063
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49166
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7480
84 Efficient Frontier 25161
85 Engineer-to-Order 31436
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16110
87 Erlang B Formula 9180
88 ETD 8169
89 Ex Works 7727
90 Exception Rate 13257
91 Exponential smoothing 9689
92 External Growth 9898
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9280
94 Field Services 7641
95 Field Warehouse 9764
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8557
97 Fishbone Diagram 14430
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26710
99 Flow Through Distribution 12139
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8010
 
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