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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 10131
2 3D Loading 6400
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21547
4 5 Point Annual Average 9048
5 5 Whys 22193
6 5S Program 8120
7 ABC Analysis 33888
8 ABC Inventory Control 17069
9 Abnormal Demand 24160
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7517
11 Activity Analysis 11318
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14159
13 Actual Demand 11031
14 Aggregate Planning 11965
15 Air Cargo 9877
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6487
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34625
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15222
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18983
20 Assembly Line 21776
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22734
22 Average Speed of Answer 26414
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22789
24 Batch Production 37820
25 Bill Discounting 14230
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10931
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6975
28 Blanket Release 9823
29 Bonded Warehouse 9912
30 Booking Number 13504
31 Bottleneck 9306
32 Buffer Stock 58597
33 Build to Stock 12774
34 Bullwhip Effect 9362
35 Business Logistics 25252
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12381
37 Capacity Management 39851
38 Capacity Utilization 13867
39 Capital Intensive 8190
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8479
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11925
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8811
44 Co-Destiny 9101
45 Co-managed Inventory 12276
46 Co-Packers 11602
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6685
48 Computer-Based Training 7548
49 Consular Invoice 19439
50 Container Depot 10436
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19278
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11898
54 Contract Carrier 7230
55 Contract of Affreightment 11258
56 Control Charts 7816
57 Cost Flow 10127
58 Courier Service 14989
59 CPFR 8067
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11605
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43636
62 Date Code 17897
63 Days of Supply 19590
64 Dead on Arrival 9029
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7146
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7929
67 Detective Control 8751
68 Devanning 14065
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10679
70 Dispatching 23922
71 Distributed Inventory 8213
72 Distribution Channel Management 34274
73 Distribution Metrics 8847
74 Distribution Planning 23992
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14965
76 Double Marginalization 52348
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22085
78 Dual 5325
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20391
80 Echelon Inventory 25942
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38051
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49147
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7464
84 Efficient Frontier 25133
85 Engineer-to-Order 31415
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16092
87 Erlang B Formula 9171
88 ETD 8157
89 Ex Works 7723
90 Exception Rate 13244
91 Exponential smoothing 9679
92 External Growth 9884
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9272
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9755
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8546
97 Fishbone Diagram 14413
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26686
99 Flow Through Distribution 12128
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8003
 
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