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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 10184
2 3D Loading 6425
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21597
4 5 Point Annual Average 9076
5 5 Whys 22224
6 5S Program 8151
7 ABC Analysis 33971
8 ABC Inventory Control 17100
9 Abnormal Demand 24196
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7545
11 Activity Analysis 11355
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14237
13 Actual Demand 11064
14 Aggregate Planning 12002
15 Air Cargo 9914
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6526
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34670
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15243
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19027
20 Assembly Line 21898
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22781
22 Average Speed of Answer 26443
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22858
24 Batch Production 37916
25 Bill Discounting 14299
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10992
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7011
28 Blanket Release 9857
29 Bonded Warehouse 9944
30 Booking Number 13570
31 Bottleneck 9345
32 Buffer Stock 58707
33 Build to Stock 12805
34 Bullwhip Effect 9409
35 Business Logistics 25334
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12419
37 Capacity Management 39973
38 Capacity Utilization 13905
39 Capital Intensive 8225
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8531
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11963
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8833
44 Co-Destiny 9145
45 Co-managed Inventory 12311
46 Co-Packers 11635
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6728
48 Computer-Based Training 7580
49 Consular Invoice 19509
50 Container Depot 10474
51 Container Freight Station 10198
52 Continuous Replenishment 19314
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11931
54 Contract Carrier 7251
55 Contract of Affreightment 11285
56 Control Charts 7847
57 Cost Flow 10151
58 Courier Service 15036
59 CPFR 8098
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11639
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43737
62 Date Code 17975
63 Days of Supply 19643
64 Dead on Arrival 9067
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7179
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7974
67 Detective Control 8779
68 Devanning 14095
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10719
70 Dispatching 24048
71 Distributed Inventory 8245
72 Distribution Channel Management 34378
73 Distribution Metrics 8902
74 Distribution Planning 24035
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15012
76 Double Marginalization 52398
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22126
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20433
80 Echelon Inventory 25976
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38089
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49242
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25210
85 Engineer-to-Order 31487
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16165
87 Erlang B Formula 9213
88 ETD 8196
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13296
91 Exponential smoothing 9717
92 External Growth 9925
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9305
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9802
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8591
97 Fishbone Diagram 14454
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26755
99 Flow Through Distribution 12161
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8038
 
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