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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 10214
2 3D Loading 6441
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21628
4 5 Point Annual Average 9094
5 5 Whys 22240
6 5S Program 8170
7 ABC Analysis 34021
8 ABC Inventory Control 17127
9 Abnormal Demand 24219
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7563
11 Activity Analysis 11375
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14279
13 Actual Demand 11084
14 Aggregate Planning 12024
15 Air Cargo 9938
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6544
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34691
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15263
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19053
20 Assembly Line 21970
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22808
22 Average Speed of Answer 26462
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22895
24 Batch Production 37982
25 Bill Discounting 14330
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11035
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7033
28 Blanket Release 9889
29 Bonded Warehouse 9962
30 Booking Number 13605
31 Bottleneck 9369
32 Buffer Stock 58778
33 Build to Stock 12824
34 Bullwhip Effect 9432
35 Business Logistics 25376
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12445
37 Capacity Management 40059
38 Capacity Utilization 13931
39 Capital Intensive 8256
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8559
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11984
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8847
44 Co-Destiny 9165
45 Co-managed Inventory 12333
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6741
48 Computer-Based Training 7592
49 Consular Invoice 19544
50 Container Depot 10498
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19342
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11950
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7865
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15067
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43792
62 Date Code 18022
63 Days of Supply 19671
64 Dead on Arrival 9089
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7201
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7991
67 Detective Control 8800
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10742
70 Dispatching 24132
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34414
73 Distribution Metrics 8931
74 Distribution Planning 24054
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15042
76 Double Marginalization 52434
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22148
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26009
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38119
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49312
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25247
85 Engineer-to-Order 31521
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16203
87 Erlang B Formula 9233
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9732
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9323
94 Field Services 7662
95 Field Warehouse 9860
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8619
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26796
99 Flow Through Distribution 12181
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
 
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