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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 10299
2 3D Loading 6495
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21722
4 5 Point Annual Average 9148
5 5 Whys 22290
6 5S Program 8230
7 ABC Analysis 34202
8 ABC Inventory Control 17204
9 Abnormal Demand 24304
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7625
11 Activity Analysis 11441
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14449
13 Actual Demand 11160
14 Aggregate Planning 12088
15 Air Cargo 10020
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6606
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34795
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15305
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19140
20 Assembly Line 22231
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22912
22 Average Speed of Answer 26519
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23026
24 Batch Production 38232
25 Bill Discounting 14447
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11138
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7104
28 Blanket Release 9962
29 Bonded Warehouse 10026
30 Booking Number 13709
31 Bottleneck 9452
32 Buffer Stock 59095
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9524
35 Business Logistics 25541
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12523
37 Capacity Management 40322
38 Capacity Utilization 14035
39 Capital Intensive 8348
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8660
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12063
42 Certified Supplier 8933
43 Channel Effectiveness 8893
44 Co-Destiny 9245
45 Co-managed Inventory 12411
46 Co-Packers 11718
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6813
48 Computer-Based Training 7656
49 Consular Invoice 19682
50 Container Depot 10562
51 Container Freight Station 10246
52 Continuous Replenishment 19413
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12025
54 Contract Carrier 7295
55 Contract of Affreightment 11371
56 Control Charts 7919
57 Cost Flow 10221
58 Courier Service 15169
59 CPFR 8174
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11735
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44015
62 Date Code 18141
63 Days of Supply 19762
64 Dead on Arrival 9183
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7267
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8058
67 Detective Control 8869
68 Devanning 14172
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10818
70 Dispatching 24372
71 Distributed Inventory 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34597
73 Distribution Metrics 9040
74 Distribution Planning 24138
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15151
76 Double Marginalization 52564
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22232
78 Dual 5407
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20545
80 Echelon Inventory 26125
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38202
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49532
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7572
84 Efficient Frontier 25380
85 Engineer-to-Order 31650
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16337
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8286
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13422
91 Exponential smoothing 9786
92 External Growth 10020
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9380
94 Field Services 7711
95 Field Warehouse 10253
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8705
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26927
99 Flow Through Distribution 12260
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8124
 
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