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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 10318
2 3D Loading 6504
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21743
4 5 Point Annual Average 9162
5 5 Whys 22310
6 5S Program 8240
7 ABC Analysis 34233
8 ABC Inventory Control 17220
9 Abnormal Demand 24320
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7636
11 Activity Analysis 11458
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14500
13 Actual Demand 11179
14 Aggregate Planning 12107
15 Air Cargo 10037
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6621
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34817
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15313
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19163
20 Assembly Line 22278
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22930
22 Average Speed of Answer 26534
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23057
24 Batch Production 38273
25 Bill Discounting 14478
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11164
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7116
28 Blanket Release 9976
29 Bonded Warehouse 10036
30 Booking Number 13732
31 Bottleneck 9470
32 Buffer Stock 59137
33 Build to Stock 12897
34 Bullwhip Effect 9544
35 Business Logistics 25577
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12538
37 Capacity Management 40378
38 Capacity Utilization 14059
39 Capital Intensive 8370
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8689
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12087
42 Certified Supplier 8945
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9262
45 Co-managed Inventory 12435
46 Co-Packers 11736
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6829
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19705
50 Container Depot 10579
51 Container Freight Station 10255
52 Continuous Replenishment 19433
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12039
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11382
56 Control Charts 7932
57 Cost Flow 10235
58 Courier Service 15186
59 CPFR 8187
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11760
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44060
62 Date Code 18167
63 Days of Supply 19786
64 Dead on Arrival 9204
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7278
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8076
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14182
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10831
70 Dispatching 24415
71 Distributed Inventory 8325
72 Distribution Channel Management 34646
73 Distribution Metrics 9069
74 Distribution Planning 24157
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15171
76 Double Marginalization 52595
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22251
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20568
80 Echelon Inventory 26152
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38219
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49598
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7583
84 Efficient Frontier 25411
85 Engineer-to-Order 31687
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16376
87 Erlang B Formula 9317
88 ETD 8303
89 Ex Works 7811
90 Exception Rate 13440
91 Exponential smoothing 9804
92 External Growth 10035
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7722
95 Field Warehouse 10335
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8723
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26957
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
 
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