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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 10240
2 3D Loading 6457
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21660
4 5 Point Annual Average 9109
5 5 Whys 22254
6 5S Program 8193
7 ABC Analysis 34073
8 ABC Inventory Control 17151
9 Abnormal Demand 24247
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7584
11 Activity Analysis 11396
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14341
13 Actual Demand 11112
14 Aggregate Planning 12044
15 Air Cargo 9972
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6562
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34720
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15282
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19080
20 Assembly Line 22065
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22847
22 Average Speed of Answer 26484
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22933
24 Batch Production 38048
25 Bill Discounting 14363
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11072
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7056
28 Blanket Release 9909
29 Bonded Warehouse 9982
30 Booking Number 13643
31 Bottleneck 9393
32 Buffer Stock 58871
33 Build to Stock 12842
34 Bullwhip Effect 9458
35 Business Logistics 25425
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12467
37 Capacity Management 40133
38 Capacity Utilization 13963
39 Capital Intensive 8283
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8597
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12013
42 Certified Supplier 8903
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9190
45 Co-managed Inventory 12360
46 Co-Packers 11674
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6768
48 Computer-Based Training 7612
49 Consular Invoice 19582
50 Container Depot 10521
51 Container Freight Station 10215
52 Continuous Replenishment 19366
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11973
54 Contract Carrier 7275
55 Contract of Affreightment 11321
56 Control Charts 7885
57 Cost Flow 10182
58 Courier Service 15095
59 CPFR 8136
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11691
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43869
62 Date Code 18060
63 Days of Supply 19693
64 Dead on Arrival 9115
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7221
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8009
67 Detective Control 8823
68 Devanning 14130
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10766
70 Dispatching 24213
71 Distributed Inventory 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34487
73 Distribution Metrics 8969
74 Distribution Planning 24080
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15082
76 Double Marginalization 52479
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22173
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26042
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38147
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49387
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7534
84 Efficient Frontier 25291
85 Engineer-to-Order 31565
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16252
87 Erlang B Formula 9255
88 ETD 8242
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13353
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9966
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7681
95 Field Warehouse 9965
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26835
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
 
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