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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) 21594
4 5 Point Annual Average 9074
5 5 Whys 22224
6 5S Program 8150
7 ABC Analysis 33967
8 ABC Inventory Control 17100
9 Abnormal Demand 24193
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7545
11 Activity Analysis 11353
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14234
13 Actual Demand 11063
14 Aggregate Planning 12001
15 Air Cargo 9914
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6526
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34667
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15243
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19026
20 Assembly Line 21892
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22779
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22854
24 Batch Production 37906
25 Bill Discounting 14298
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10990
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7010
28 Blanket Release 9855
29 Bonded Warehouse 9944
30 Booking Number 13567
31 Bottleneck 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58695
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9407
35 Business Logistics 25330
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12418
37 Capacity Management 39969
38 Capacity Utilization 13904
39 Capital Intensive 8225
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8530
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11961
42 Certified Supplier 8873
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9142
45 Co-managed Inventory 12306
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6727
48 Computer-Based Training 7577
49 Consular Invoice 19504
50 Container Depot 10473
51 Container Freight Station 10196
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11930
54 Contract Carrier 7250
55 Contract of Affreightment 11283
56 Control Charts 7842
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15032
59 CPFR 8095
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11638
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43732
62 Date Code 17971
63 Days of Supply 19642
64 Dead on Arrival 9066
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7177
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7972
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14094
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10715
70 Dispatching 24038
71 Distributed Inventory 8243
72 Distribution Channel Management 34371
73 Distribution Metrics 8898
74 Distribution Planning 24032
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15011
76 Double Marginalization 52396
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22125
78 Dual 5349
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20430
80 Echelon Inventory 25974
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49237
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7498
84 Efficient Frontier 25202
85 Engineer-to-Order 31480
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16160
87 Erlang B Formula 9212
88 ETD 8194
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13294
91 Exponential smoothing 9716
92 External Growth 9923
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9303
94 Field Services 7650
95 Field Warehouse 9797
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8587
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26751
99 Flow Through Distribution 12158
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
 
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