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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 10164
2 3D Loading 6411
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21574
4 5 Point Annual Average 9060
5 5 Whys 22209
6 5S Program 8134
7 ABC Analysis 33923
8 ABC Inventory Control 17084
9 Abnormal Demand 24174
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7533
11 Activity Analysis 11335
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14195
13 Actual Demand 11052
14 Aggregate Planning 11985
15 Air Cargo 9898
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6508
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34646
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15234
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19010
20 Assembly Line 21829
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22756
22 Average Speed of Answer 26429
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22827
24 Batch Production 37861
25 Bill Discounting 14264
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10963
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6992
28 Blanket Release 9836
29 Bonded Warehouse 9925
30 Booking Number 13536
31 Bottleneck 9326
32 Buffer Stock 58634
33 Build to Stock 12789
34 Bullwhip Effect 9385
35 Business Logistics 25287
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12396
37 Capacity Management 39914
38 Capacity Utilization 13886
39 Capital Intensive 8205
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8505
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11941
42 Certified Supplier 8860
43 Channel Effectiveness 8822
44 Co-Destiny 9122
45 Co-managed Inventory 12297
46 Co-Packers 11618
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6702
48 Computer-Based Training 7564
49 Consular Invoice 19473
50 Container Depot 10454
51 Container Freight Station 10181
52 Continuous Replenishment 19299
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11912
54 Contract Carrier 7241
55 Contract of Affreightment 11270
56 Control Charts 7830
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15006
59 CPFR 8081
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11624
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43685
62 Date Code 17935
63 Days of Supply 19613
64 Dead on Arrival 9047
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7162
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7956
67 Detective Control 8764
68 Devanning 14079
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10696
70 Dispatching 23982
71 Distributed Inventory 8226
72 Distribution Channel Management 34334
73 Distribution Metrics 8871
74 Distribution Planning 24011
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14989
76 Double Marginalization 52376
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22108
78 Dual 5338
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20412
80 Echelon Inventory 25959
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38067
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49189
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25178
85 Engineer-to-Order 31448
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16123
87 Erlang B Formula 9187
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7729
90 Exception Rate 13268
91 Exponential smoothing 9694
92 External Growth 9906
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9286
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9770
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8564
97 Fishbone Diagram 14435
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26721
99 Flow Through Distribution 12143
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8018
 
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