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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 7992
2 3D Loading 5137
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20031
4 5 Point Annual Average 7699
5 5 Whys 20468
6 5S Program 6855
7 ABC Analysis 29266
8 ABC Inventory Control 15269
9 Abnormal Demand 22122
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6166
11 Activity Analysis 9778
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10713
13 Actual Demand 9110
14 Aggregate Planning 10335
15 Air Cargo 8256
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5006
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32597
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13921
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16884
20 Assembly Line 15921
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20884
22 Average Speed of Answer 25060
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 20087
24 Batch Production 33062
25 Bill Discounting 11820
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8826
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5753
28 Blanket Release 8026
29 Bonded Warehouse 8506
30 Booking Number 11079
31 Bottleneck 7681
32 Buffer Stock 51544
33 Build to Stock 11152
34 Bullwhip Effect 7551
35 Business Logistics 21557
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10971
37 Capacity Management 32422
38 Capacity Utilization 11692
39 Capital Intensive 6470
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6463
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10127
42 Certified Supplier 7567
43 Channel Effectiveness 7422
44 Co-Destiny 7584
45 Co-managed Inventory 10348
46 Co-Packers 10184
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4953
48 Computer-Based Training 6427
49 Consular Invoice 17115
50 Container Depot 9082
51 Container Freight Station 8909
52 Continuous Replenishment 17333
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10464
54 Contract Carrier 6178
55 Contract of Affreightment 9823
56 Control Charts 6592
57 Cost Flow 8725
58 Courier Service 12699
59 CPFR 6661
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10184
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 37185
62 Date Code 15069
63 Days of Supply 17594
64 Dead on Arrival 7252
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5963
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6428
67 Detective Control 7244
68 Devanning 12523
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8780
70 Dispatching 19856
71 Distributed Inventory 7054
72 Distribution Channel Management 29514
73 Distribution Metrics 6759
74 Distribution Planning 21931
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12879
76 Double Marginalization 48740
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 20175
78 Dual 4079
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18750
80 Echelon Inventory 24288
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 35313
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 43125
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6143
84 Efficient Frontier 22041
85 Engineer-to-Order 28244
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13749
87 Erlang B Formula 7498
88 ETD 6707
89 Ex Works 6468
90 Exception Rate 10787
91 Exponential smoothing 8348
92 External Growth 8406
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7867
94 Field Services 6461
95 Field Warehouse 8215
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 6002
97 Fishbone Diagram 12733
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 23145
99 Flow Through Distribution 10460
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6461
 
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