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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 10183
2 3D Loading 6424
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21593
4 5 Point Annual Average 9073
5 5 Whys 22224
6 5S Program 8150
7 ABC Analysis 33965
8 ABC Inventory Control 17100
9 Abnormal Demand 24193
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7542
11 Activity Analysis 11351
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14233
13 Actual Demand 11061
14 Aggregate Planning 12001
15 Air Cargo 9914
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6526
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34667
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15242
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19025
20 Assembly Line 21890
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22778
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22853
24 Batch Production 37904
25 Bill Discounting 14296
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10989
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7008
28 Blanket Release 9855
29 Bonded Warehouse 9943
30 Booking Number 13566
31 Bottleneck 9344
32 Buffer Stock 58692
33 Build to Stock 12804
34 Bullwhip Effect 9405
35 Business Logistics 25329
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12417
37 Capacity Management 39968
38 Capacity Utilization 13904
39 Capital Intensive 8224
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8530
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11961
42 Certified Supplier 8872
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9141
45 Co-managed Inventory 12305
46 Co-Packers 11633
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6726
48 Computer-Based Training 7575
49 Consular Invoice 19503
50 Container Depot 10472
51 Container Freight Station 10196
52 Continuous Replenishment 19313
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11927
54 Contract Carrier 7249
55 Contract of Affreightment 11282
56 Control Charts 7842
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15031
59 CPFR 8095
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11636
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43731
62 Date Code 17969
63 Days of Supply 19639
64 Dead on Arrival 9064
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7177
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7970
67 Detective Control 8778
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10715
70 Dispatching 24035
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34368
73 Distribution Metrics 8897
74 Distribution Planning 24030
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15010
76 Double Marginalization 52396
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22124
78 Dual 5349
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20430
80 Echelon Inventory 25973
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38088
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49235
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7497
84 Efficient Frontier 25201
85 Engineer-to-Order 31480
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16157
87 Erlang B Formula 9211
88 ETD 8194
89 Ex Works 7740
90 Exception Rate 13292
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9922
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9302
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9796
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8586
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26750
99 Flow Through Distribution 12157
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8036
 
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