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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 9292
2 3D Loading 5938
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20883
4 5 Point Annual Average 8535
5 5 Whys 21570
6 5S Program 7601
7 ABC Analysis 32169
8 ABC Inventory Control 16478
9 Abnormal Demand 23360
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7025
11 Activity Analysis 10752
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13054
13 Actual Demand 10269
14 Aggregate Planning 11316
15 Air Cargo 9189
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5908
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33873
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14797
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18160
20 Assembly Line 19601
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21998
22 Average Speed of Answer 25895
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21557
24 Batch Production 35983
25 Bill Discounting 13274
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10097
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6431
28 Blanket Release 9223
29 Bonded Warehouse 9374
30 Booking Number 12562
31 Bottleneck 8582
32 Buffer Stock 56001
33 Build to Stock 12151
34 Bullwhip Effect 8715
35 Business Logistics 23743
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11889
37 Capacity Management 36670
38 Capacity Utilization 13070
39 Capital Intensive 7483
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7604
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11158
42 Certified Supplier 8429
43 Channel Effectiveness 8338
44 Co-Destiny 8550
45 Co-managed Inventory 11577
46 Co-Packers 11096
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6021
48 Computer-Based Training 7150
49 Consular Invoice 18374
50 Container Depot 9879
51 Container Freight Station 9709
52 Continuous Replenishment 18574
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11310
54 Contract Carrier 6932
55 Contract of Affreightment 10781
56 Control Charts 7315
57 Cost Flow 9651
58 Courier Service 13883
59 CPFR 7550
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11044
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41407
62 Date Code 16776
63 Days of Supply 18795
64 Dead on Arrival 8281
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6721
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7347
67 Detective Control 8301
68 Devanning 13471
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9953
70 Dispatching 21860
71 Distributed Inventory 7781
72 Distribution Channel Management 32463
73 Distribution Metrics 7950
74 Distribution Planning 23249
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14146
76 Double Marginalization 51090
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21355
78 Dual 4843
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19874
80 Echelon Inventory 25359
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37031
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46855
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6937
84 Efficient Frontier 24023
85 Engineer-to-Order 30279
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14994
87 Erlang B Formula 8546
88 ETD 7641
89 Ex Works 7300
90 Exception Rate 12416
91 Exponential smoothing 9159
92 External Growth 9326
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8747
94 Field Services 7264
95 Field Warehouse 9246
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7644
97 Fishbone Diagram 13719
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25515
99 Flow Through Distribution 11471
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7432
 
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