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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 9943
2 3D Loading 6312
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21407
4 5 Point Annual Average 8947
5 5 Whys 22084
6 5S Program 8027
7 ABC Analysis 33618
8 ABC Inventory Control 16972
9 Abnormal Demand 24032
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7416
11 Activity Analysis 11220
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13942
13 Actual Demand 10893
14 Aggregate Planning 11811
15 Air Cargo 9749
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6371
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34458
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15148
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18822
20 Assembly Line 21340
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22591
22 Average Speed of Answer 26317
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22546
24 Batch Production 37470
25 Bill Discounting 14026
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10744
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6868
28 Blanket Release 9708
29 Bonded Warehouse 9801
30 Booking Number 13338
31 Bottleneck 9140
32 Buffer Stock 58136
33 Build to Stock 12660
34 Bullwhip Effect 9221
35 Business Logistics 24984
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12273
37 Capacity Management 39311
38 Capacity Utilization 13697
39 Capital Intensive 8035
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8300
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11781
42 Certified Supplier 8777
43 Channel Effectiveness 8740
44 Co-Destiny 8998
45 Co-managed Inventory 12144
46 Co-Packers 11511
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6569
48 Computer-Based Training 7456
49 Consular Invoice 19247
50 Container Depot 10308
51 Container Freight Station 10091
52 Continuous Replenishment 19148
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11769
54 Contract Carrier 7179
55 Contract of Affreightment 11153
56 Control Charts 7716
57 Cost Flow 10027
58 Courier Service 14775
59 CPFR 7956
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11484
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43186
62 Date Code 17673
63 Days of Supply 19411
64 Dead on Arrival 8878
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7052
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7817
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13952
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10556
70 Dispatching 23533
71 Distributed Inventory 8141
72 Distribution Channel Management 33949
73 Distribution Metrics 8659
74 Distribution Planning 23845
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14799
76 Double Marginalization 52112
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21951
78 Dual 5226
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20273
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37910
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48727
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7375
84 Efficient Frontier 24894
85 Engineer-to-Order 31197
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15870
87 Erlang B Formula 9047
88 ETD 8055
89 Ex Works 7651
90 Exception Rate 13093
91 Exponential smoothing 9580
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9649
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8375
97 Fishbone Diagram 14270
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26461
99 Flow Through Distribution 12000
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
 
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