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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 10243
2 3D Loading 6461
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21665
4 5 Point Annual Average 9109
5 5 Whys 22256
6 5S Program 8195
7 ABC Analysis 34077
8 ABC Inventory Control 17153
9 Abnormal Demand 24247
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7587
11 Activity Analysis 11396
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14345
13 Actual Demand 11115
14 Aggregate Planning 12044
15 Air Cargo 9975
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6564
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34722
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15285
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19082
20 Assembly Line 22072
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22848
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22935
24 Batch Production 38054
25 Bill Discounting 14366
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11074
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7057
28 Blanket Release 9913
29 Bonded Warehouse 9982
30 Booking Number 13646
31 Bottleneck 9398
32 Buffer Stock 58878
33 Build to Stock 12843
34 Bullwhip Effect 9460
35 Business Logistics 25430
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12468
37 Capacity Management 40141
38 Capacity Utilization 13965
39 Capital Intensive 8285
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8599
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12015
42 Certified Supplier 8904
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9193
45 Co-managed Inventory 12362
46 Co-Packers 11676
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6770
48 Computer-Based Training 7614
49 Consular Invoice 19585
50 Container Depot 10525
51 Container Freight Station 10217
52 Continuous Replenishment 19367
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11974
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11322
56 Control Charts 7887
57 Cost Flow 10183
58 Courier Service 15097
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11693
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43876
62 Date Code 18065
63 Days of Supply 19695
64 Dead on Arrival 9118
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8826
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10767
70 Dispatching 24226
71 Distributed Inventory 8278
72 Distribution Channel Management 34489
73 Distribution Metrics 8970
74 Distribution Planning 24081
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15084
76 Double Marginalization 52481
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22177
78 Dual 5377
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20487
80 Echelon Inventory 26044
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38149
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49395
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7535
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31566
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16254
87 Erlang B Formula 9261
88 ETD 8245
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13355
91 Exponential smoothing 9751
92 External Growth 9970
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9979
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8647
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26838
99 Flow Through Distribution 12210
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
 
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