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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 10276
2 3D Loading 6486
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21708
4 5 Point Annual Average 9136
5 5 Whys 22283
6 5S Program 8221
7 ABC Analysis 34161
8 ABC Inventory Control 17192
9 Abnormal Demand 24288
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7615
11 Activity Analysis 11428
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14418
13 Actual Demand 11149
14 Aggregate Planning 12075
15 Air Cargo 10005
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6589
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34766
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19119
20 Assembly Line 22179
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22894
22 Average Speed of Answer 26508
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22998
24 Batch Production 38189
25 Bill Discounting 14420
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11123
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7086
28 Blanket Release 9949
29 Bonded Warehouse 10012
30 Booking Number 13686
31 Bottleneck 9438
32 Buffer Stock 59030
33 Build to Stock 12873
34 Bullwhip Effect 9501
35 Business Logistics 25503
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12502
37 Capacity Management 40266
38 Capacity Utilization 14013
39 Capital Intensive 8329
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8638
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8927
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9222
45 Co-managed Inventory 12397
46 Co-Packers 11707
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6798
48 Computer-Based Training 7641
49 Consular Invoice 19651
50 Container Depot 10552
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19401
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12012
54 Contract Carrier 7291
55 Contract of Affreightment 11352
56 Control Charts 7909
57 Cost Flow 10212
58 Courier Service 15143
59 CPFR 8161
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11725
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43979
62 Date Code 18114
63 Days of Supply 19745
64 Dead on Arrival 9162
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7254
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8046
67 Detective Control 8857
68 Devanning 14159
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10803
70 Dispatching 24331
71 Distributed Inventory 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34558
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24126
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15127
76 Double Marginalization 52536
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22216
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26097
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38185
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49486
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7561
84 Efficient Frontier 25355
85 Engineer-to-Order 31627
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16312
87 Erlang B Formula 9293
88 ETD 8273
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13404
91 Exponential smoothing 9774
92 External Growth 10008
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9372
94 Field Services 7703
95 Field Warehouse 10170
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8688
97 Fishbone Diagram 14537
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26898
99 Flow Through Distribution 12244
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8109
 
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