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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 9665
2 3D Loading 6112
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21147
4 5 Point Annual Average 8726
5 5 Whys 21831
6 5S Program 7812
7 ABC Analysis 32926
8 ABC Inventory Control 16746
9 Abnormal Demand 23690
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7221
11 Activity Analysis 11006
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13510
13 Actual Demand 10572
14 Aggregate Planning 11557
15 Air Cargo 9438
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6159
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34140
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14961
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18510
20 Assembly Line 20562
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22279
22 Average Speed of Answer 26134
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22017
24 Batch Production 36744
25 Bill Discounting 13677
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10398
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6626
28 Blanket Release 9491
29 Bonded Warehouse 9575
30 Booking Number 12944
31 Bottleneck 8840
32 Buffer Stock 57105
33 Build to Stock 12405
34 Bullwhip Effect 8980
35 Business Logistics 24439
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12079
37 Capacity Management 38031
38 Capacity Utilization 13387
39 Capital Intensive 7758
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7948
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11432
42 Certified Supplier 8613
43 Channel Effectiveness 8528
44 Co-Destiny 8767
45 Co-managed Inventory 11872
46 Co-Packers 11311
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6295
48 Computer-Based Training 7302
49 Consular Invoice 18766
50 Container Depot 10090
51 Container Freight Station 9885
52 Continuous Replenishment 18854
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11524
54 Contract Carrier 7046
55 Contract of Affreightment 10974
56 Control Charts 7499
57 Cost Flow 9825
58 Courier Service 14373
59 CPFR 7750
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11260
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42237
62 Date Code 17285
63 Days of Supply 19098
64 Dead on Arrival 8581
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6903
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7573
67 Detective Control 8490
68 Devanning 13717
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10263
70 Dispatching 22656
71 Distributed Inventory 7967
72 Distribution Channel Management 33264
73 Distribution Metrics 8250
74 Distribution Planning 23581
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14462
76 Double Marginalization 51541
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21663
78 Dual 5017
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20071
80 Echelon Inventory 25583
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37540
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47755
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7182
84 Efficient Frontier 24425
85 Engineer-to-Order 30749
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15358
87 Erlang B Formula 8803
88 ETD 7850
89 Ex Works 7474
90 Exception Rate 12732
91 Exponential smoothing 9371
92 External Growth 9596
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8997
94 Field Services 7409
95 Field Warehouse 9438
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8041
97 Fishbone Diagram 13968
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25994
99 Flow Through Distribution 11739
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7664
 
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