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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 10255
2 3D Loading 6472
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21677
4 5 Point Annual Average 9124
5 5 Whys 22267
6 5S Program 8205
7 ABC Analysis 34113
8 ABC Inventory Control 17174
9 Abnormal Demand 24263
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7598
11 Activity Analysis 11410
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14380
13 Actual Demand 11131
14 Aggregate Planning 12057
15 Air Cargo 9988
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6574
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34741
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19098
20 Assembly Line 22111
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22867
22 Average Speed of Answer 26492
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22963
24 Batch Production 38121
25 Bill Discounting 14386
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11101
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7066
28 Blanket Release 9926
29 Bonded Warehouse 9993
30 Booking Number 13659
31 Bottleneck 9416
32 Buffer Stock 58950
33 Build to Stock 12857
34 Bullwhip Effect 9481
35 Business Logistics 25464
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12481
37 Capacity Management 40193
38 Capacity Utilization 13984
39 Capital Intensive 8301
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8614
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12026
42 Certified Supplier 8914
43 Channel Effectiveness 8868
44 Co-Destiny 9206
45 Co-managed Inventory 12377
46 Co-Packers 11686
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6780
48 Computer-Based Training 7626
49 Consular Invoice 19611
50 Container Depot 10533
51 Container Freight Station 10223
52 Continuous Replenishment 19382
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11990
54 Contract Carrier 7282
55 Contract of Affreightment 11334
56 Control Charts 7895
57 Cost Flow 10192
58 Courier Service 15113
59 CPFR 8147
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11704
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43922
62 Date Code 18078
63 Days of Supply 19713
64 Dead on Arrival 9136
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7234
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8021
67 Detective Control 8840
68 Devanning 14141
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10782
70 Dispatching 24274
71 Distributed Inventory 8287
72 Distribution Channel Management 34518
73 Distribution Metrics 8992
74 Distribution Planning 24097
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15101
76 Double Marginalization 52501
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22192
78 Dual 5384
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20504
80 Echelon Inventory 26069
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38165
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49442
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7544
84 Efficient Frontier 25313
85 Engineer-to-Order 31591
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16274
87 Erlang B Formula 9269
88 ETD 8261
89 Ex Works 7780
90 Exception Rate 13377
91 Exponential smoothing 9760
92 External Growth 9986
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9354
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10061
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14517
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26862
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8089
 
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