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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 11427
2 3D Loading 6992
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22533
4 5 Point Annual Average 9823
5 5 Whys 23064
6 5S Program 8829
7 ABC Analysis 35568
8 ABC Inventory Control 18078
9 Abnormal Demand 25049
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8204
11 Activity Analysis 12123
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 16241
13 Actual Demand 11794
14 Aggregate Planning 12824
15 Air Cargo 10750
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7245
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35620
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15809
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 20089
20 Assembly Line 24030
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23720
22 Average Speed of Answer 27166
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 24107
24 Batch Production 39723
25 Bill Discounting 15323
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 12031
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7677
28 Blanket Release 10649
29 Bonded Warehouse 10657
30 Booking Number 14814
31 Bottleneck 10340
32 Buffer Stock 60812
33 Build to Stock 13663
34 Bullwhip Effect 10424
35 Business Logistics 26934
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 13099
37 Capacity Management 43504
38 Capacity Utilization 15177
39 Capital Intensive 9120
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9612
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12842
42 Certified Supplier 9456
43 Channel Effectiveness 9499
44 Co-Destiny 9800
45 Co-managed Inventory 13263
46 Co-Packers 12386
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7584
48 Computer-Based Training 8228
49 Consular Invoice 20767
50 Container Depot 11158
51 Container Freight Station 10823
52 Continuous Replenishment 20207
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12745
54 Contract Carrier 7722
55 Contract of Affreightment 11958
56 Control Charts 8502
57 Cost Flow 10808
58 Courier Service 15909
59 CPFR 8777
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12405
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45951
62 Date Code 19434
63 Days of Supply 20523
64 Dead on Arrival 10092
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7845
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8688
67 Detective Control 9512
68 Devanning 14849
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11612
70 Dispatching 25712
71 Distributed Inventory 8817
72 Distribution Channel Management 36449
73 Distribution Metrics 9978
74 Distribution Planning 25020
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 16065
76 Double Marginalization 53933
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 23224
78 Dual 5943
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21231
80 Echelon Inventory 27114
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 39332
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 51333
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8209
84 Efficient Frontier 26565
85 Engineer-to-Order 32794
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17540
87 Erlang B Formula 9871
88 ETD 8864
89 Ex Works 8396
90 Exception Rate 14260
91 Exponential smoothing 10287
92 External Growth 10741
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 10163
94 Field Services 8212
95 Field Warehouse 12299
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9730
97 Fishbone Diagram 15227
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 28230
99 Flow Through Distribution 13094
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8801
 
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