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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 9964
2 3D Loading 6324
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21421
4 5 Point Annual Average 8956
5 5 Whys 22101
6 5S Program 8037
7 ABC Analysis 33654
8 ABC Inventory Control 16985
9 Abnormal Demand 24046
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7426
11 Activity Analysis 11231
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13969
13 Actual Demand 10912
14 Aggregate Planning 11823
15 Air Cargo 9767
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6382
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34475
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15155
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18835
20 Assembly Line 21388
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22601
22 Average Speed of Answer 26323
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22569
24 Batch Production 37505
25 Bill Discounting 14047
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10763
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6877
28 Blanket Release 9719
29 Bonded Warehouse 9812
30 Booking Number 13356
31 Bottleneck 9156
32 Buffer Stock 58188
33 Build to Stock 12675
34 Bullwhip Effect 9232
35 Business Logistics 25018
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12286
37 Capacity Management 39383
38 Capacity Utilization 13714
39 Capital Intensive 8050
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8322
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11799
42 Certified Supplier 8784
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9009
45 Co-managed Inventory 12155
46 Co-Packers 11521
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6580
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19268
50 Container Depot 10321
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19159
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11780
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11158
56 Control Charts 7728
57 Cost Flow 10036
58 Courier Service 14795
59 CPFR 7971
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11498
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43235
62 Date Code 17696
63 Days of Supply 19428
64 Dead on Arrival 8897
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7826
67 Detective Control 8675
68 Devanning 13958
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10568
70 Dispatching 23571
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33983
73 Distribution Metrics 8674
74 Distribution Planning 23864
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14815
76 Double Marginalization 52137
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21965
78 Dual 5238
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25833
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37921
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48778
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7386
84 Efficient Frontier 24918
85 Engineer-to-Order 31213
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15893
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7658
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9590
92 External Growth 9804
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26483
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7898
 
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