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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 10279
2 3D Loading 6488
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21712
4 5 Point Annual Average 9137
5 5 Whys 22284
6 5S Program 8223
7 ABC Analysis 34166
8 ABC Inventory Control 17195
9 Abnormal Demand 24289
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7616
11 Activity Analysis 11429
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14423
13 Actual Demand 11152
14 Aggregate Planning 12076
15 Air Cargo 10006
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6589
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34768
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19121
20 Assembly Line 22186
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22900
22 Average Speed of Answer 26508
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23001
24 Batch Production 38193
25 Bill Discounting 14421
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11127
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7088
28 Blanket Release 9951
29 Bonded Warehouse 10013
30 Booking Number 13690
31 Bottleneck 9439
32 Buffer Stock 59038
33 Build to Stock 12874
34 Bullwhip Effect 9503
35 Business Logistics 25505
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12503
37 Capacity Management 40274
38 Capacity Utilization 14015
39 Capital Intensive 8330
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8639
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12051
42 Certified Supplier 8929
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9226
45 Co-managed Inventory 12399
46 Co-Packers 11708
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6799
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19653
50 Container Depot 10552
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19403
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12013
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11354
56 Control Charts 7912
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15151
59 CPFR 8162
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11726
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43984
62 Date Code 18117
63 Days of Supply 19747
64 Dead on Arrival 9165
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7255
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8047
67 Detective Control 8859
68 Devanning 14161
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10806
70 Dispatching 24338
71 Distributed Inventory 8300
72 Distribution Channel Management 34561
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24126
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15128
76 Double Marginalization 52541
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22218
78 Dual 5399
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20528
80 Echelon Inventory 26100
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38188
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49491
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7562
84 Efficient Frontier 25360
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16314
87 Erlang B Formula 9295
88 ETD 8275
89 Ex Works 7791
90 Exception Rate 13405
91 Exponential smoothing 9776
92 External Growth 10010
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7704
95 Field Warehouse 10181
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8692
97 Fishbone Diagram 14541
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26901
99 Flow Through Distribution 12246
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
 
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