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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 10147
2 3D Loading 6406
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21561
4 5 Point Annual Average 9054
5 5 Whys 22200
6 5S Program 8130
7 ABC Analysis 33903
8 ABC Inventory Control 17074
9 Abnormal Demand 24167
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7525
11 Activity Analysis 11326
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14178
13 Actual Demand 11039
14 Aggregate Planning 11977
15 Air Cargo 9885
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6498
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34634
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15226
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18996
20 Assembly Line 21801
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22745
22 Average Speed of Answer 26421
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22808
24 Batch Production 37838
25 Bill Discounting 14243
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10943
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6985
28 Blanket Release 9827
29 Bonded Warehouse 9918
30 Booking Number 13521
31 Bottleneck 9317
32 Buffer Stock 58614
33 Build to Stock 12783
34 Bullwhip Effect 9375
35 Business Logistics 25268
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12389
37 Capacity Management 39883
38 Capacity Utilization 13876
39 Capital Intensive 8196
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8491
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11930
42 Certified Supplier 8857
43 Channel Effectiveness 8815
44 Co-Destiny 9109
45 Co-managed Inventory 12281
46 Co-Packers 11609
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6693
48 Computer-Based Training 7558
49 Consular Invoice 19454
50 Container Depot 10447
51 Container Freight Station 10174
52 Continuous Replenishment 19285
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11908
54 Contract Carrier 7236
55 Contract of Affreightment 11264
56 Control Charts 7822
57 Cost Flow 10133
58 Courier Service 14997
59 CPFR 8074
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11615
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43662
62 Date Code 17914
63 Days of Supply 19599
64 Dead on Arrival 9038
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7155
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7941
67 Detective Control 8756
68 Devanning 14073
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10689
70 Dispatching 23958
71 Distributed Inventory 8221
72 Distribution Channel Management 34297
73 Distribution Metrics 8860
74 Distribution Planning 24001
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14978
76 Double Marginalization 52362
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22096
78 Dual 5333
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20400
80 Echelon Inventory 25952
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38062
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49163
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7478
84 Efficient Frontier 25156
85 Engineer-to-Order 31434
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16109
87 Erlang B Formula 9178
88 ETD 8166
89 Ex Works 7726
90 Exception Rate 13254
91 Exponential smoothing 9687
92 External Growth 9891
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9278
94 Field Services 7639
95 Field Warehouse 9761
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8556
97 Fishbone Diagram 14426
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26705
99 Flow Through Distribution 12138
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8008
 
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