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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 10269
2 3D Loading 6481
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21695
4 5 Point Annual Average 9131
5 5 Whys 22277
6 5S Program 8216
7 ABC Analysis 34142
8 ABC Inventory Control 17184
9 Abnormal Demand 24283
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7611
11 Activity Analysis 11422
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14399
13 Actual Demand 11141
14 Aggregate Planning 12072
15 Air Cargo 10000
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6586
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34758
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15295
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19110
20 Assembly Line 22159
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22887
22 Average Speed of Answer 26505
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22987
24 Batch Production 38163
25 Bill Discounting 14409
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11116
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7082
28 Blanket Release 9941
29 Bonded Warehouse 10007
30 Booking Number 13678
31 Bottleneck 9432
32 Buffer Stock 59003
33 Build to Stock 12867
34 Bullwhip Effect 9494
35 Business Logistics 25487
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12498
37 Capacity Management 40237
38 Capacity Utilization 14004
39 Capital Intensive 8326
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8627
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12047
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8879
44 Co-Destiny 9217
45 Co-managed Inventory 12391
46 Co-Packers 11700
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6795
48 Computer-Based Training 7636
49 Consular Invoice 19640
50 Container Depot 10546
51 Container Freight Station 10233
52 Continuous Replenishment 19394
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12005
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11345
56 Control Charts 7904
57 Cost Flow 10206
58 Courier Service 15135
59 CPFR 8158
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11718
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43955
62 Date Code 18103
63 Days of Supply 19734
64 Dead on Arrival 9150
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7249
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8043
67 Detective Control 8852
68 Devanning 14155
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10797
70 Dispatching 24309
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34540
73 Distribution Metrics 9013
74 Distribution Planning 24115
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15119
76 Double Marginalization 52525
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22210
78 Dual 5392
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20523
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38179
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49469
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7558
84 Efficient Frontier 25343
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16299
87 Erlang B Formula 9284
88 ETD 8269
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13398
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 9998
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9364
94 Field Services 7699
95 Field Warehouse 10131
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8683
97 Fishbone Diagram 14530
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26883
99 Flow Through Distribution 12240
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
 
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