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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 9964
2 3D Loading 6324
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21422
4 5 Point Annual Average 8957
5 5 Whys 22103
6 5S Program 8037
7 ABC Analysis 33657
8 ABC Inventory Control 16985
9 Abnormal Demand 24047
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7426
11 Activity Analysis 11232
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13971
13 Actual Demand 10914
14 Aggregate Planning 11824
15 Air Cargo 9769
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6382
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34477
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15156
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18837
20 Assembly Line 21392
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22602
22 Average Speed of Answer 26323
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22569
24 Batch Production 37511
25 Bill Discounting 14047
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10764
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6879
28 Blanket Release 9719
29 Bonded Warehouse 9812
30 Booking Number 13358
31 Bottleneck 9158
32 Buffer Stock 58193
33 Build to Stock 12676
34 Bullwhip Effect 9235
35 Business Logistics 25020
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12286
37 Capacity Management 39386
38 Capacity Utilization 13716
39 Capital Intensive 8052
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8323
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11799
42 Certified Supplier 8784
43 Channel Effectiveness 8751
44 Co-Destiny 9011
45 Co-managed Inventory 12156
46 Co-Packers 11522
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6582
48 Computer-Based Training 7468
49 Consular Invoice 19271
50 Container Depot 10322
51 Container Freight Station 10100
52 Continuous Replenishment 19160
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11781
54 Contract Carrier 7183
55 Contract of Affreightment 11160
56 Control Charts 7728
57 Cost Flow 10036
58 Courier Service 14796
59 CPFR 7973
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11499
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43239
62 Date Code 17697
63 Days of Supply 19429
64 Dead on Arrival 8897
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7058
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7827
67 Detective Control 8675
68 Devanning 13959
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10568
70 Dispatching 23572
71 Distributed Inventory 8148
72 Distribution Channel Management 33985
73 Distribution Metrics 8676
74 Distribution Planning 23866
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14816
76 Double Marginalization 52138
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21965
78 Dual 5238
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20278
80 Echelon Inventory 25834
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37923
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48782
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7387
84 Efficient Frontier 24920
85 Engineer-to-Order 31215
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15896
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7658
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9591
92 External Growth 9805
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9662
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8395
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26484
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7899
 
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