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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 10308
2 3D Loading 6500
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21734
4 5 Point Annual Average 9156
5 5 Whys 22300
6 5S Program 8234
7 ABC Analysis 34218
8 ABC Inventory Control 17212
9 Abnormal Demand 24315
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7631
11 Activity Analysis 11450
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14477
13 Actual Demand 11170
14 Aggregate Planning 12096
15 Air Cargo 10028
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6612
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34806
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15308
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19153
20 Assembly Line 22252
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22921
22 Average Speed of Answer 26525
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23044
24 Batch Production 38258
25 Bill Discounting 14464
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11154
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7109
28 Blanket Release 9969
29 Bonded Warehouse 10031
30 Booking Number 13719
31 Bottleneck 9458
32 Buffer Stock 59118
33 Build to Stock 12890
34 Bullwhip Effect 9537
35 Business Logistics 25563
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12531
37 Capacity Management 40353
38 Capacity Utilization 14051
39 Capital Intensive 8358
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8678
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12078
42 Certified Supplier 8940
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9253
45 Co-managed Inventory 12422
46 Co-Packers 11728
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6822
48 Computer-Based Training 7660
49 Consular Invoice 19695
50 Container Depot 10569
51 Container Freight Station 10248
52 Continuous Replenishment 19423
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12033
54 Contract Carrier 7299
55 Contract of Affreightment 11376
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10227
58 Courier Service 15177
59 CPFR 8181
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11748
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44042
62 Date Code 18155
63 Days of Supply 19777
64 Dead on Arrival 9191
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7273
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8875
68 Devanning 14176
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10826
70 Dispatching 24396
71 Distributed Inventory 8314
72 Distribution Channel Management 34630
73 Distribution Metrics 9058
74 Distribution Planning 24149
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15162
76 Double Marginalization 52585
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22241
78 Dual 5415
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20560
80 Echelon Inventory 26143
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38209
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49568
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7576
84 Efficient Frontier 25399
85 Engineer-to-Order 31668
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16357
87 Erlang B Formula 9310
88 ETD 8293
89 Ex Works 7804
90 Exception Rate 13433
91 Exponential smoothing 9794
92 External Growth 10029
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9391
94 Field Services 7715
95 Field Warehouse 10305
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8714
97 Fishbone Diagram 14563
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26946
99 Flow Through Distribution 12270
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8133
 
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