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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 10176
2 3D Loading 6420
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21586
4 5 Point Annual Average 9070
5 5 Whys 22218
6 5S Program 8145
7 ABC Analysis 33950
8 ABC Inventory Control 17092
9 Abnormal Demand 24183
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7538
11 Activity Analysis 11345
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14218
13 Actual Demand 11058
14 Aggregate Planning 11995
15 Air Cargo 9907
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6519
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34659
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15239
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19020
20 Assembly Line 21867
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22768
22 Average Speed of Answer 26441
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22848
24 Batch Production 37885
25 Bill Discounting 14283
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10980
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6998
28 Blanket Release 9850
29 Bonded Warehouse 9937
30 Booking Number 13557
31 Bottleneck 9337
32 Buffer Stock 58671
33 Build to Stock 12801
34 Bullwhip Effect 9400
35 Business Logistics 25314
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12407
37 Capacity Management 39948
38 Capacity Utilization 13901
39 Capital Intensive 8217
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8522
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11953
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8829
44 Co-Destiny 9133
45 Co-managed Inventory 12303
46 Co-Packers 11628
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6720
48 Computer-Based Training 7570
49 Consular Invoice 19493
50 Container Depot 10463
51 Container Freight Station 10192
52 Continuous Replenishment 19308
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11922
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11280
56 Control Charts 7836
57 Cost Flow 10147
58 Courier Service 15021
59 CPFR 8089
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11631
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43715
62 Date Code 17956
63 Days of Supply 19631
64 Dead on Arrival 9059
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7174
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7966
67 Detective Control 8772
68 Devanning 14085
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10710
70 Dispatching 24016
71 Distributed Inventory 8237
72 Distribution Channel Management 34359
73 Distribution Metrics 8889
74 Distribution Planning 24021
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15003
76 Double Marginalization 52387
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22118
78 Dual 5345
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20423
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38081
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49213
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7494
84 Efficient Frontier 25195
85 Engineer-to-Order 31470
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16142
87 Erlang B Formula 9204
88 ETD 8186
89 Ex Works 7737
90 Exception Rate 13284
91 Exponential smoothing 9708
92 External Growth 9916
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7646
95 Field Warehouse 9785
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8578
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26743
99 Flow Through Distribution 12153
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8029
 
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