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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 10303
2 3D Loading 6496
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21725
4 5 Point Annual Average 9151
5 5 Whys 22292
6 5S Program 8231
7 ABC Analysis 34207
8 ABC Inventory Control 17207
9 Abnormal Demand 24306
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7626
11 Activity Analysis 11442
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14462
13 Actual Demand 11166
14 Aggregate Planning 12090
15 Air Cargo 10021
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6608
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34798
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15305
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19145
20 Assembly Line 22236
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22915
22 Average Speed of Answer 26522
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23029
24 Batch Production 38239
25 Bill Discounting 14449
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11142
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7105
28 Blanket Release 9963
29 Bonded Warehouse 10027
30 Booking Number 13712
31 Bottleneck 9453
32 Buffer Stock 59100
33 Build to Stock 12885
34 Bullwhip Effect 9527
35 Business Logistics 25547
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12524
37 Capacity Management 40330
38 Capacity Utilization 14038
39 Capital Intensive 8353
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8664
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12067
42 Certified Supplier 8934
43 Channel Effectiveness 8894
44 Co-Destiny 9246
45 Co-managed Inventory 12413
46 Co-Packers 11722
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6815
48 Computer-Based Training 7658
49 Consular Invoice 19688
50 Container Depot 10566
51 Container Freight Station 10247
52 Continuous Replenishment 19418
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12029
54 Contract Carrier 7296
55 Contract of Affreightment 11372
56 Control Charts 7923
57 Cost Flow 10222
58 Courier Service 15171
59 CPFR 8179
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11740
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44019
62 Date Code 18144
63 Days of Supply 19764
64 Dead on Arrival 9185
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7269
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8063
67 Detective Control 8871
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10819
70 Dispatching 24380
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34610
73 Distribution Metrics 9045
74 Distribution Planning 24142
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15155
76 Double Marginalization 52567
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22235
78 Dual 5409
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20550
80 Echelon Inventory 26128
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38203
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49544
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7573
84 Efficient Frontier 25385
85 Engineer-to-Order 31653
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16343
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8287
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13425
91 Exponential smoothing 9787
92 External Growth 10022
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10272
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8707
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26931
99 Flow Through Distribution 12263
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8128
 
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