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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 9973
2 3D Loading 6330
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21428
4 5 Point Annual Average 8963
5 5 Whys 22109
6 5S Program 8042
7 ABC Analysis 33667
8 ABC Inventory Control 16991
9 Abnormal Demand 24057
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7431
11 Activity Analysis 11237
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13979
13 Actual Demand 10920
14 Aggregate Planning 11846
15 Air Cargo 9777
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6387
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34490
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15164
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18844
20 Assembly Line 21412
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22611
22 Average Speed of Answer 26326
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22582
24 Batch Production 37536
25 Bill Discounting 14067
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10770
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6886
28 Blanket Release 9726
29 Bonded Warehouse 9819
30 Booking Number 13368
31 Bottleneck 9177
32 Buffer Stock 58215
33 Build to Stock 12682
34 Bullwhip Effect 9244
35 Business Logistics 25033
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12291
37 Capacity Management 39409
38 Capacity Utilization 13725
39 Capital Intensive 8063
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8335
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11806
42 Certified Supplier 8791
43 Channel Effectiveness 8756
44 Co-Destiny 9020
45 Co-managed Inventory 12165
46 Co-Packers 11529
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6589
48 Computer-Based Training 7473
49 Consular Invoice 19281
50 Container Depot 10329
51 Container Freight Station 10106
52 Continuous Replenishment 19165
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11791
54 Contract Carrier 7189
55 Contract of Affreightment 11165
56 Control Charts 7735
57 Cost Flow 10042
58 Courier Service 14818
59 CPFR 7981
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11508
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43261
62 Date Code 17711
63 Days of Supply 19441
64 Dead on Arrival 8906
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7066
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7836
67 Detective Control 8678
68 Devanning 13970
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10577
70 Dispatching 23593
71 Distributed Inventory 8154
72 Distribution Channel Management 34003
73 Distribution Metrics 8689
74 Distribution Planning 23881
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14825
76 Double Marginalization 52156
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21972
78 Dual 5248
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20285
80 Echelon Inventory 25843
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37935
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48801
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7393
84 Efficient Frontier 24932
85 Engineer-to-Order 31227
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15913
87 Erlang B Formula 9076
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13121
91 Exponential smoothing 9594
92 External Growth 9810
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9670
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8404
97 Fishbone Diagram 14289
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26492
99 Flow Through Distribution 12023
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7905
 
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