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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 10188
2 3D Loading 6426
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21603
4 5 Point Annual Average 9080
5 5 Whys 22227
6 5S Program 8153
7 ABC Analysis 33978
8 ABC Inventory Control 17104
9 Abnormal Demand 24199
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7547
11 Activity Analysis 11356
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14242
13 Actual Demand 11068
14 Aggregate Planning 12004
15 Air Cargo 9917
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6530
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34671
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15246
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19030
20 Assembly Line 21904
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22785
22 Average Speed of Answer 26446
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22864
24 Batch Production 37928
25 Bill Discounting 14306
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11000
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7014
28 Blanket Release 9865
29 Bonded Warehouse 9948
30 Booking Number 13576
31 Bottleneck 9350
32 Buffer Stock 58718
33 Build to Stock 12806
34 Bullwhip Effect 9412
35 Business Logistics 25343
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12423
37 Capacity Management 39984
38 Capacity Utilization 13912
39 Capital Intensive 8230
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8533
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11966
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9146
45 Co-managed Inventory 12313
46 Co-Packers 11637
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6731
48 Computer-Based Training 7581
49 Consular Invoice 19514
50 Container Depot 10478
51 Container Freight Station 10200
52 Continuous Replenishment 19322
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11933
54 Contract Carrier 7253
55 Contract of Affreightment 11286
56 Control Charts 7850
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15040
59 CPFR 8099
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11645
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43743
62 Date Code 17985
63 Days of Supply 19651
64 Dead on Arrival 9071
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7183
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7978
67 Detective Control 8784
68 Devanning 14096
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10723
70 Dispatching 24060
71 Distributed Inventory 8248
72 Distribution Channel Management 34387
73 Distribution Metrics 8906
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15016
76 Double Marginalization 52405
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22132
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20437
80 Echelon Inventory 25981
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38093
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49252
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7501
84 Efficient Frontier 25217
85 Engineer-to-Order 31493
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16170
87 Erlang B Formula 9215
88 ETD 8198
89 Ex Works 7743
90 Exception Rate 13302
91 Exponential smoothing 9722
92 External Growth 9928
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9810
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8594
97 Fishbone Diagram 14458
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26762
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
 
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