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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 10167
2 3D Loading 6412
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21579
4 5 Point Annual Average 9062
5 5 Whys 22211
6 5S Program 8136
7 ABC Analysis 33930
8 ABC Inventory Control 17087
9 Abnormal Demand 24176
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7533
11 Activity Analysis 11338
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14207
13 Actual Demand 11055
14 Aggregate Planning 11988
15 Air Cargo 9899
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6513
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34649
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15235
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19014
20 Assembly Line 21842
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22761
22 Average Speed of Answer 26432
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22834
24 Batch Production 37869
25 Bill Discounting 14269
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10972
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6993
28 Blanket Release 9838
29 Bonded Warehouse 9928
30 Booking Number 13541
31 Bottleneck 9327
32 Buffer Stock 58642
33 Build to Stock 12791
34 Bullwhip Effect 9388
35 Business Logistics 25298
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12399
37 Capacity Management 39923
38 Capacity Utilization 13890
39 Capital Intensive 8207
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8512
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11944
42 Certified Supplier 8864
43 Channel Effectiveness 8824
44 Co-Destiny 9125
45 Co-managed Inventory 12297
46 Co-Packers 11618
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6706
48 Computer-Based Training 7566
49 Consular Invoice 19478
50 Container Depot 10455
51 Container Freight Station 10183
52 Continuous Replenishment 19300
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11916
54 Contract Carrier 7242
55 Contract of Affreightment 11272
56 Control Charts 7832
57 Cost Flow 10142
58 Courier Service 15009
59 CPFR 8082
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11625
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43688
62 Date Code 17939
63 Days of Supply 19617
64 Dead on Arrival 9050
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7166
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7957
67 Detective Control 8766
68 Devanning 14081
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10699
70 Dispatching 23993
71 Distributed Inventory 8228
72 Distribution Channel Management 34343
73 Distribution Metrics 8874
74 Distribution Planning 24013
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14992
76 Double Marginalization 52378
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22110
78 Dual 5341
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20417
80 Echelon Inventory 25962
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38069
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49196
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25183
85 Engineer-to-Order 31453
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16127
87 Erlang B Formula 9193
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7731
90 Exception Rate 13273
91 Exponential smoothing 9698
92 External Growth 9910
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9289
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9773
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8568
97 Fishbone Diagram 14439
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26727
99 Flow Through Distribution 12146
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8020
 
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