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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 9936
2 3D Loading 6304
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21399
4 5 Point Annual Average 8940
5 5 Whys 22075
6 5S Program 8023
7 ABC Analysis 33602
8 ABC Inventory Control 16965
9 Abnormal Demand 24021
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7412
11 Activity Analysis 11217
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13924
13 Actual Demand 10879
14 Aggregate Planning 11800
15 Air Cargo 9740
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6367
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34449
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15144
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18812
20 Assembly Line 21322
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22584
22 Average Speed of Answer 26312
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22531
24 Batch Production 37450
25 Bill Discounting 14018
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10735
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6864
28 Blanket Release 9701
29 Bonded Warehouse 9791
30 Booking Number 13327
31 Bottleneck 9132
32 Buffer Stock 58106
33 Build to Stock 12650
34 Bullwhip Effect 9216
35 Business Logistics 24966
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39271
38 Capacity Utilization 13683
39 Capital Intensive 8029
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8289
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11772
42 Certified Supplier 8774
43 Channel Effectiveness 8733
44 Co-Destiny 8995
45 Co-managed Inventory 12132
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6563
48 Computer-Based Training 7452
49 Consular Invoice 19228
50 Container Depot 10302
51 Container Freight Station 10087
52 Continuous Replenishment 19140
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11761
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11146
56 Control Charts 7714
57 Cost Flow 10024
58 Courier Service 14763
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11477
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43159
62 Date Code 17660
63 Days of Supply 19395
64 Dead on Arrival 8865
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7047
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7811
67 Detective Control 8664
68 Devanning 13947
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10548
70 Dispatching 23517
71 Distributed Inventory 8137
72 Distribution Channel Management 33924
73 Distribution Metrics 8647
74 Distribution Planning 23838
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14789
76 Double Marginalization 52100
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21944
78 Dual 5222
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20270
80 Echelon Inventory 25809
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37898
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48696
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7370
84 Efficient Frontier 24880
85 Engineer-to-Order 31183
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15847
87 Erlang B Formula 9043
88 ETD 8051
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13085
91 Exponential smoothing 9575
92 External Growth 9784
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9170
94 Field Services 7563
95 Field Warehouse 9641
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8367
97 Fishbone Diagram 14259
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26448
99 Flow Through Distribution 11995
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7881
 
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