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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 10281
2 3D Loading 6489
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21713
4 5 Point Annual Average 9140
5 5 Whys 22286
6 5S Program 8223
7 ABC Analysis 34176
8 ABC Inventory Control 17196
9 Abnormal Demand 24291
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7617
11 Activity Analysis 11431
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14429
13 Actual Demand 11153
14 Aggregate Planning 12079
15 Air Cargo 10012
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6594
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34775
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15298
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19125
20 Assembly Line 22194
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22902
22 Average Speed of Answer 26509
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23010
24 Batch Production 38204
25 Bill Discounting 14426
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11128
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7093
28 Blanket Release 9953
29 Bonded Warehouse 10016
30 Booking Number 13694
31 Bottleneck 9441
32 Buffer Stock 59052
33 Build to Stock 12875
34 Bullwhip Effect 9506
35 Business Logistics 25517
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12507
37 Capacity Management 40288
38 Capacity Utilization 14019
39 Capital Intensive 8334
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8643
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12054
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9232
45 Co-managed Inventory 12401
46 Co-Packers 11711
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6801
48 Computer-Based Training 7645
49 Consular Invoice 19657
50 Container Depot 10555
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19406
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12014
54 Contract Carrier 7292
55 Contract of Affreightment 11356
56 Control Charts 7913
57 Cost Flow 10214
58 Courier Service 15154
59 CPFR 8166
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11727
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43992
62 Date Code 18120
63 Days of Supply 19749
64 Dead on Arrival 9169
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7258
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8050
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14164
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10811
70 Dispatching 24342
71 Distributed Inventory 8302
72 Distribution Channel Management 34567
73 Distribution Metrics 9026
74 Distribution Planning 24128
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15131
76 Double Marginalization 52548
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22220
78 Dual 5401
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20531
80 Echelon Inventory 26106
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38193
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49504
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7564
84 Efficient Frontier 25365
85 Engineer-to-Order 31633
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16318
87 Erlang B Formula 9297
88 ETD 8276
89 Ex Works 7792
90 Exception Rate 13407
91 Exponential smoothing 9778
92 External Growth 10012
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10195
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8695
97 Fishbone Diagram 14546
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26907
99 Flow Through Distribution 12251
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
 
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