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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 10247
2 3D Loading 6463
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21668
4 5 Point Annual Average 9113
5 5 Whys 22260
6 5S Program 8199
7 ABC Analysis 34081
8 ABC Inventory Control 17159
9 Abnormal Demand 24250
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7590
11 Activity Analysis 11400
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14353
13 Actual Demand 11118
14 Aggregate Planning 12049
15 Air Cargo 9977
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6567
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34727
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19085
20 Assembly Line 22085
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22852
22 Average Speed of Answer 26486
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22943
24 Batch Production 38064
25 Bill Discounting 14372
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11081
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7060
28 Blanket Release 9916
29 Bonded Warehouse 9985
30 Booking Number 13649
31 Bottleneck 9404
32 Buffer Stock 58898
33 Build to Stock 12848
34 Bullwhip Effect 9465
35 Business Logistics 25439
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12470
37 Capacity Management 40154
38 Capacity Utilization 13970
39 Capital Intensive 8290
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8604
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12019
42 Certified Supplier 8907
43 Channel Effectiveness 8863
44 Co-Destiny 9195
45 Co-managed Inventory 12365
46 Co-Packers 11679
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6774
48 Computer-Based Training 7617
49 Consular Invoice 19595
50 Container Depot 10529
51 Container Freight Station 10219
52 Continuous Replenishment 19371
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11978
54 Contract Carrier 7277
55 Contract of Affreightment 11326
56 Control Charts 7890
57 Cost Flow 10187
58 Courier Service 15100
59 CPFR 8140
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11696
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43884
62 Date Code 18069
63 Days of Supply 19700
64 Dead on Arrival 9124
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7226
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8014
67 Detective Control 8831
68 Devanning 14132
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10772
70 Dispatching 24243
71 Distributed Inventory 8281
72 Distribution Channel Management 34495
73 Distribution Metrics 8975
74 Distribution Planning 24087
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15087
76 Double Marginalization 52484
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22181
78 Dual 5381
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20493
80 Echelon Inventory 26051
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38153
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49404
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7539
84 Efficient Frontier 25298
85 Engineer-to-Order 31571
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16259
87 Erlang B Formula 9265
88 ETD 8250
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13362
91 Exponential smoothing 9753
92 External Growth 9973
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9345
94 Field Services 7685
95 Field Warehouse 9994
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8650
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26843
99 Flow Through Distribution 12213
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8083
 
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