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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 10600
2 3D Loading 6635
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21947
4 5 Point Annual Average 9301
5 5 Whys 22465
6 5S Program 8371
7 ABC Analysis 34674
8 ABC Inventory Control 17436
9 Abnormal Demand 24509
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7779
11 Activity Analysis 11623
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14911
13 Actual Demand 11304
14 Aggregate Planning 12354
15 Air Cargo 10257
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6757
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35024
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15426
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19454
20 Assembly Line 22814
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23141
22 Average Speed of Answer 26676
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23371
24 Batch Production 38736
25 Bill Discounting 14706
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11390
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7264
28 Blanket Release 10149
29 Bonded Warehouse 10178
30 Booking Number 14014
31 Bottleneck 9684
32 Buffer Stock 59634
33 Build to Stock 13136
34 Bullwhip Effect 9832
35 Business Logistics 26018
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12694
37 Capacity Management 41070
38 Capacity Utilization 14277
39 Capital Intensive 8570
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8924
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12274
42 Certified Supplier 9055
43 Channel Effectiveness 9043
44 Co-Destiny 9425
45 Co-managed Inventory 12710
46 Co-Packers 11900
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7000
48 Computer-Based Training 7790
49 Consular Invoice 20004
50 Container Depot 10716
51 Container Freight Station 10369
52 Continuous Replenishment 19703
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12202
54 Contract Carrier 7389
55 Contract of Affreightment 11538
56 Control Charts 8053
57 Cost Flow 10398
58 Courier Service 15397
59 CPFR 8329
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11925
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44506
62 Date Code 18509
63 Days of Supply 20002
64 Dead on Arrival 9479
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7414
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8241
67 Detective Control 9034
68 Devanning 14337
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11096
70 Dispatching 24780
71 Distributed Inventory 8462
72 Distribution Channel Management 35111
73 Distribution Metrics 9303
74 Distribution Planning 24367
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15403
76 Double Marginalization 52994
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22551
78 Dual 5519
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20751
80 Echelon Inventory 26413
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38433
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50132
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7726
84 Efficient Frontier 25714
85 Engineer-to-Order 31955
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16774
87 Erlang B Formula 9462
88 ETD 8434
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13659
91 Exponential smoothing 9930
92 External Growth 10215
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9640
94 Field Services 7823
95 Field Warehouse 10941
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8954
97 Fishbone Diagram 14748
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27300
99 Flow Through Distribution 12463
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8313
 
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