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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 10288
2 3D Loading 6491
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21717
4 5 Point Annual Average 9145
5 5 Whys 22288
6 5S Program 8226
7 ABC Analysis 34194
8 ABC Inventory Control 17200
9 Abnormal Demand 24298
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7619
11 Activity Analysis 11436
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14435
13 Actual Demand 11156
14 Aggregate Planning 12083
15 Air Cargo 10016
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6601
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34784
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15301
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19133
20 Assembly Line 22216
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22908
22 Average Speed of Answer 26513
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23019
24 Batch Production 38217
25 Bill Discounting 14439
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11134
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7096
28 Blanket Release 9955
29 Bonded Warehouse 10020
30 Booking Number 13702
31 Bottleneck 9447
32 Buffer Stock 59072
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9514
35 Business Logistics 25527
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12515
37 Capacity Management 40307
38 Capacity Utilization 14026
39 Capital Intensive 8342
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8655
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12061
42 Certified Supplier 8931
43 Channel Effectiveness 8888
44 Co-Destiny 9238
45 Co-managed Inventory 12407
46 Co-Packers 11714
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6806
48 Computer-Based Training 7648
49 Consular Invoice 19671
50 Container Depot 10560
51 Container Freight Station 10240
52 Continuous Replenishment 19411
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12018
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11360
56 Control Charts 7915
57 Cost Flow 10216
58 Courier Service 15160
59 CPFR 8170
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11731
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44000
62 Date Code 18134
63 Days of Supply 19756
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7261
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8054
67 Detective Control 8864
68 Devanning 14166
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10814
70 Dispatching 24355
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34584
73 Distribution Metrics 9032
74 Distribution Planning 24133
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15144
76 Double Marginalization 52557
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22226
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20538
80 Echelon Inventory 26112
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38196
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49516
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7567
84 Efficient Frontier 25370
85 Engineer-to-Order 31641
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16328
87 Erlang B Formula 9303
88 ETD 8281
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13415
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10014
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9376
94 Field Services 7708
95 Field Warehouse 10220
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8701
97 Fishbone Diagram 14550
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26919
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8116
 
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