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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 10307
2 3D Loading 6500
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21732
4 5 Point Annual Average 9155
5 5 Whys 22297
6 5S Program 8233
7 ABC Analysis 34216
8 ABC Inventory Control 17211
9 Abnormal Demand 24311
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7629
11 Activity Analysis 11449
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14474
13 Actual Demand 11169
14 Aggregate Planning 12095
15 Air Cargo 10024
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6612
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34803
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15308
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19150
20 Assembly Line 22248
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22919
22 Average Speed of Answer 26525
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23041
24 Batch Production 38251
25 Bill Discounting 14461
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11150
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7107
28 Blanket Release 9966
29 Bonded Warehouse 10030
30 Booking Number 13717
31 Bottleneck 9456
32 Buffer Stock 59113
33 Build to Stock 12889
34 Bullwhip Effect 9536
35 Business Logistics 25560
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12529
37 Capacity Management 40344
38 Capacity Utilization 14050
39 Capital Intensive 8356
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8675
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12075
42 Certified Supplier 8937
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9251
45 Co-managed Inventory 12420
46 Co-Packers 11726
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6820
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19694
50 Container Depot 10568
51 Container Freight Station 10248
52 Continuous Replenishment 19421
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12033
54 Contract Carrier 7299
55 Contract of Affreightment 11375
56 Control Charts 7928
57 Cost Flow 10226
58 Courier Service 15174
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11747
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44034
62 Date Code 18153
63 Days of Supply 19772
64 Dead on Arrival 9189
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8067
67 Detective Control 8874
68 Devanning 14174
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10823
70 Dispatching 24393
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34621
73 Distribution Metrics 9055
74 Distribution Planning 24147
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15160
76 Double Marginalization 52583
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22241
78 Dual 5413
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20558
80 Echelon Inventory 26135
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38208
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49563
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7575
84 Efficient Frontier 25394
85 Engineer-to-Order 31664
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16354
87 Erlang B Formula 9309
88 ETD 8290
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13432
91 Exponential smoothing 9792
92 External Growth 10027
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9390
94 Field Services 7714
95 Field Warehouse 10296
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8712
97 Fishbone Diagram 14562
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26942
99 Flow Through Distribution 12267
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8131
 
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