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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 10124
2 3D Loading 6397
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21543
4 5 Point Annual Average 9044
5 5 Whys 22189
6 5S Program 8117
7 ABC Analysis 33881
8 ABC Inventory Control 17067
9 Abnormal Demand 24157
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7514
11 Activity Analysis 11317
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14155
13 Actual Demand 11028
14 Aggregate Planning 11963
15 Air Cargo 9873
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6485
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34622
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15220
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18979
20 Assembly Line 21768
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22731
22 Average Speed of Answer 26412
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22787
24 Batch Production 37812
25 Bill Discounting 14225
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10923
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6973
28 Blanket Release 9817
29 Bonded Warehouse 9907
30 Booking Number 13497
31 Bottleneck 9303
32 Buffer Stock 58587
33 Build to Stock 12772
34 Bullwhip Effect 9362
35 Business Logistics 25245
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12380
37 Capacity Management 39839
38 Capacity Utilization 13861
39 Capital Intensive 8185
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8475
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11923
42 Certified Supplier 8850
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9099
45 Co-managed Inventory 12272
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6683
48 Computer-Based Training 7545
49 Consular Invoice 19435
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10163
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11894
54 Contract Carrier 7228
55 Contract of Affreightment 11254
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10123
58 Courier Service 14983
59 CPFR 8065
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11601
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43628
62 Date Code 17892
63 Days of Supply 19586
64 Dead on Arrival 9025
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7140
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7927
67 Detective Control 8747
68 Devanning 14060
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10677
70 Dispatching 23919
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34268
73 Distribution Metrics 8840
74 Distribution Planning 23989
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14964
76 Double Marginalization 52344
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22082
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20390
80 Echelon Inventory 25938
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38047
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49141
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25129
85 Engineer-to-Order 31409
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16090
87 Erlang B Formula 9168
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7718
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9675
92 External Growth 9882
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9268
94 Field Services 7631
95 Field Warehouse 9752
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14411
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26681
99 Flow Through Distribution 12124
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8002
 
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