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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 10233
2 3D Loading 6450
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21652
4 5 Point Annual Average 9106
5 5 Whys 22251
6 5S Program 8182
7 ABC Analysis 34058
8 ABC Inventory Control 17144
9 Abnormal Demand 24239
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7579
11 Activity Analysis 11391
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14326
13 Actual Demand 11105
14 Aggregate Planning 12037
15 Air Cargo 9962
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6555
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34713
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15274
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19075
20 Assembly Line 22035
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22837
22 Average Speed of Answer 26475
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22926
24 Batch Production 38023
25 Bill Discounting 14352
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11060
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7047
28 Blanket Release 9901
29 Bonded Warehouse 9976
30 Booking Number 13631
31 Bottleneck 9385
32 Buffer Stock 58838
33 Build to Stock 12837
34 Bullwhip Effect 9451
35 Business Logistics 25414
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12458
37 Capacity Management 40106
38 Capacity Utilization 13958
39 Capital Intensive 8275
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8584
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12004
42 Certified Supplier 8899
43 Channel Effectiveness 8854
44 Co-Destiny 9182
45 Co-managed Inventory 12354
46 Co-Packers 11669
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6763
48 Computer-Based Training 7607
49 Consular Invoice 19565
50 Container Depot 10515
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19357
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11964
54 Contract Carrier 7270
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7877
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15086
59 CPFR 8124
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11680
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43848
62 Date Code 18050
63 Days of Supply 19688
64 Dead on Arrival 9104
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8815
68 Devanning 14121
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24192
71 Distributed Inventory 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34464
73 Distribution Metrics 8955
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52462
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22166
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20477
80 Echelon Inventory 26034
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38138
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49359
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25281
85 Engineer-to-Order 31553
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16238
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8234
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9915
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26825
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
 
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