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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 9761
2 3D Loading 6172
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21223
4 5 Point Annual Average 8792
5 5 Whys 21907
6 5S Program 7885
7 ABC Analysis 33146
8 ABC Inventory Control 16818
9 Abnormal Demand 23806
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7279
11 Activity Analysis 11078
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13648
13 Actual Demand 10677
14 Aggregate Planning 11625
15 Air Cargo 9517
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6248
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34233
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15020
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18597
20 Assembly Line 20805
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22375
22 Average Speed of Answer 26195
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22173
24 Batch Production 36992
25 Bill Discounting 13773
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10497
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6716
28 Blanket Release 9573
29 Bonded Warehouse 9638
30 Booking Number 13063
31 Bottleneck 8930
32 Buffer Stock 57411
33 Build to Stock 12480
34 Bullwhip Effect 9055
35 Business Logistics 24613
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12140
37 Capacity Management 38445
38 Capacity Utilization 13483
39 Capital Intensive 7844
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8051
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11550
42 Certified Supplier 8670
43 Channel Effectiveness 8593
44 Co-Destiny 8842
45 Co-managed Inventory 11957
46 Co-Packers 11373
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6371
48 Computer-Based Training 7345
49 Consular Invoice 18936
50 Container Depot 10160
51 Container Freight Station 9959
52 Continuous Replenishment 18945
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11606
54 Contract Carrier 7082
55 Contract of Affreightment 11022
56 Control Charts 7559
57 Cost Flow 9877
58 Courier Service 14488
59 CPFR 7818
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11319
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42549
62 Date Code 17405
63 Days of Supply 19191
64 Dead on Arrival 8673
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6951
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7650
67 Detective Control 8545
68 Devanning 13794
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10351
70 Dispatching 22978
71 Distributed Inventory 8023
72 Distribution Channel Management 33475
73 Distribution Metrics 8381
74 Distribution Planning 23649
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14562
76 Double Marginalization 51706
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21744
78 Dual 5076
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20144
80 Echelon Inventory 25655
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37667
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48054
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7246
84 Efficient Frontier 24570
85 Engineer-to-Order 30879
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15503
87 Erlang B Formula 8871
88 ETD 7916
89 Ex Works 7532
90 Exception Rate 12846
91 Exponential smoothing 9439
92 External Growth 9647
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9047
94 Field Services 7457
95 Field Warehouse 9488
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8152
97 Fishbone Diagram 14072
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26148
99 Flow Through Distribution 11836
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7735
 
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