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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 10572
2 3D Loading 6624
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21928
4 5 Point Annual Average 9280
5 5 Whys 22445
6 5S Program 8357
7 ABC Analysis 34611
8 ABC Inventory Control 17408
9 Abnormal Demand 24485
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7757
11 Activity Analysis 11602
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14853
13 Actual Demand 11287
14 Aggregate Planning 12330
15 Air Cargo 10224
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6741
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34994
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15407
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19418
20 Assembly Line 22752
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23118
22 Average Speed of Answer 26653
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23335
24 Batch Production 38672
25 Bill Discounting 14683
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11362
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7238
28 Blanket Release 10125
29 Bonded Warehouse 10159
30 Booking Number 13971
31 Bottleneck 9663
32 Buffer Stock 59582
33 Build to Stock 13114
34 Bullwhip Effect 9804
35 Business Logistics 25977
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12671
37 Capacity Management 40979
38 Capacity Utilization 14242
39 Capital Intensive 8547
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8895
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12251
42 Certified Supplier 9042
43 Channel Effectiveness 9025
44 Co-Destiny 9402
45 Co-managed Inventory 12678
46 Co-Packers 11876
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6982
48 Computer-Based Training 7774
49 Consular Invoice 19970
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10350
52 Continuous Replenishment 19677
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12183
54 Contract Carrier 7376
55 Contract of Affreightment 11510
56 Control Charts 8044
57 Cost Flow 10380
58 Courier Service 15378
59 CPFR 8315
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11908
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44430
62 Date Code 18462
63 Days of Supply 19976
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7396
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8220
67 Detective Control 9012
68 Devanning 14320
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11076
70 Dispatching 24736
71 Distributed Inventory 8449
72 Distribution Channel Management 35061
73 Distribution Metrics 9274
74 Distribution Planning 24339
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15375
76 Double Marginalization 52959
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22524
78 Dual 5504
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20734
80 Echelon Inventory 26358
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38400
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50063
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7711
84 Efficient Frontier 25669
85 Engineer-to-Order 31924
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16724
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8416
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13636
91 Exponential smoothing 9916
92 External Growth 10195
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9619
94 Field Services 7806
95 Field Warehouse 10867
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8923
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27266
99 Flow Through Distribution 12434
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8289
 
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