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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 10219
2 3D Loading 6443
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21641
4 5 Point Annual Average 9099
5 5 Whys 22243
6 5S Program 8176
7 ABC Analysis 34042
8 ABC Inventory Control 17133
9 Abnormal Demand 24223
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7570
11 Activity Analysis 11382
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14300
13 Actual Demand 11093
14 Aggregate Planning 12029
15 Air Cargo 9951
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6548
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34704
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15266
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19064
20 Assembly Line 22009
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22822
22 Average Speed of Answer 26468
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22908
24 Batch Production 38009
25 Bill Discounting 14342
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11050
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7040
28 Blanket Release 9897
29 Bonded Warehouse 9968
30 Booking Number 13616
31 Bottleneck 9378
32 Buffer Stock 58810
33 Build to Stock 12827
34 Bullwhip Effect 9441
35 Business Logistics 25394
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12448
37 Capacity Management 40085
38 Capacity Utilization 13946
39 Capital Intensive 8267
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8569
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11994
42 Certified Supplier 8894
43 Channel Effectiveness 8849
44 Co-Destiny 9172
45 Co-managed Inventory 12342
46 Co-Packers 11662
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6751
48 Computer-Based Training 7598
49 Consular Invoice 19551
50 Container Depot 10508
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19349
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11954
54 Contract Carrier 7264
55 Contract of Affreightment 11308
56 Control Charts 7869
57 Cost Flow 10173
58 Courier Service 15076
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11671
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43820
62 Date Code 18035
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9094
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7209
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7998
67 Detective Control 8807
68 Devanning 14117
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10745
70 Dispatching 24166
71 Distributed Inventory 8261
72 Distribution Channel Management 34445
73 Distribution Metrics 8941
74 Distribution Planning 24063
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15057
76 Double Marginalization 52450
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22156
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20467
80 Echelon Inventory 26020
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38127
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49336
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7519
84 Efficient Frontier 25265
85 Engineer-to-Order 31537
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16221
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8225
89 Ex Works 7759
90 Exception Rate 13333
91 Exponential smoothing 9737
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9331
94 Field Services 7670
95 Field Warehouse 9890
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8628
97 Fishbone Diagram 14491
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26811
99 Flow Through Distribution 12192
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8062
 
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