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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 10192
2 3D Loading 6428
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21608
4 5 Point Annual Average 9086
5 5 Whys 22228
6 5S Program 8158
7 ABC Analysis 33986
8 ABC Inventory Control 17108
9 Abnormal Demand 24204
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7551
11 Activity Analysis 11361
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14253
13 Actual Demand 11074
14 Aggregate Planning 12011
15 Air Cargo 9921
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6534
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34678
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15249
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19038
20 Assembly Line 21921
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22793
22 Average Speed of Answer 26449
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22876
24 Batch Production 37944
25 Bill Discounting 14313
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11006
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7019
28 Blanket Release 9875
29 Bonded Warehouse 9951
30 Booking Number 13583
31 Bottleneck 9353
32 Buffer Stock 58729
33 Build to Stock 12808
34 Bullwhip Effect 9418
35 Business Logistics 25352
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12428
37 Capacity Management 39999
38 Capacity Utilization 13916
39 Capital Intensive 8236
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8539
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11970
42 Certified Supplier 8879
43 Channel Effectiveness 8837
44 Co-Destiny 9150
45 Co-managed Inventory 12317
46 Co-Packers 11641
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19519
50 Container Depot 10481
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11291
56 Control Charts 7853
57 Cost Flow 10156
58 Courier Service 15043
59 CPFR 8101
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43757
62 Date Code 17995
63 Days of Supply 19656
64 Dead on Arrival 9075
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7188
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8788
68 Devanning 14100
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10728
70 Dispatching 24072
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34392
73 Distribution Metrics 8911
74 Distribution Planning 24039
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15025
76 Double Marginalization 52409
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22134
78 Dual 5352
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20441
80 Echelon Inventory 25986
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38100
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49268
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25220
85 Engineer-to-Order 31500
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16180
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8204
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13306
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9934
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9311
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9820
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8601
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26774
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8041
 
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