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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 10300
2 3D Loading 6495
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21723
4 5 Point Annual Average 9149
5 5 Whys 22290
6 5S Program 8230
7 ABC Analysis 34204
8 ABC Inventory Control 17205
9 Abnormal Demand 24305
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7625
11 Activity Analysis 11441
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14454
13 Actual Demand 11164
14 Aggregate Planning 12089
15 Air Cargo 10020
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6606
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34795
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15305
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19142
20 Assembly Line 22233
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22913
22 Average Speed of Answer 26519
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23026
24 Batch Production 38235
25 Bill Discounting 14448
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11140
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7104
28 Blanket Release 9962
29 Bonded Warehouse 10026
30 Booking Number 13710
31 Bottleneck 9452
32 Buffer Stock 59097
33 Build to Stock 12882
34 Bullwhip Effect 9525
35 Business Logistics 25546
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12523
37 Capacity Management 40326
38 Capacity Utilization 14037
39 Capital Intensive 8350
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8660
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12064
42 Certified Supplier 8933
43 Channel Effectiveness 8893
44 Co-Destiny 9245
45 Co-managed Inventory 12412
46 Co-Packers 11719
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6813
48 Computer-Based Training 7656
49 Consular Invoice 19682
50 Container Depot 10564
51 Container Freight Station 10246
52 Continuous Replenishment 19414
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12026
54 Contract Carrier 7295
55 Contract of Affreightment 11371
56 Control Charts 7920
57 Cost Flow 10221
58 Courier Service 15170
59 CPFR 8176
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11736
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44017
62 Date Code 18142
63 Days of Supply 19762
64 Dead on Arrival 9183
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7268
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8058
67 Detective Control 8869
68 Devanning 14172
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24373
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34600
73 Distribution Metrics 9041
74 Distribution Planning 24138
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15152
76 Double Marginalization 52566
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22232
78 Dual 5407
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20547
80 Echelon Inventory 26126
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38202
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49534
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25380
85 Engineer-to-Order 31651
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16339
87 Erlang B Formula 9307
88 ETD 8286
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13422
91 Exponential smoothing 9786
92 External Growth 10021
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9380
94 Field Services 7711
95 Field Warehouse 10258
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8705
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26928
99 Flow Through Distribution 12260
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8124
 
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