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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 10190
2 3D Loading 6426
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21606
4 5 Point Annual Average 9084
5 5 Whys 22228
6 5S Program 8156
7 ABC Analysis 33982
8 ABC Inventory Control 17107
9 Abnormal Demand 24202
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7549
11 Activity Analysis 11359
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14248
13 Actual Demand 11071
14 Aggregate Planning 12006
15 Air Cargo 9917
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6533
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34672
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15248
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19033
20 Assembly Line 21914
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22787
22 Average Speed of Answer 26447
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22870
24 Batch Production 37937
25 Bill Discounting 14308
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11002
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7014
28 Blanket Release 9870
29 Bonded Warehouse 9948
30 Booking Number 13580
31 Bottleneck 9352
32 Buffer Stock 58721
33 Build to Stock 12807
34 Bullwhip Effect 9416
35 Business Logistics 25348
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12424
37 Capacity Management 39990
38 Capacity Utilization 13915
39 Capital Intensive 8234
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8535
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11969
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9148
45 Co-managed Inventory 12315
46 Co-Packers 11638
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6732
48 Computer-Based Training 7582
49 Consular Invoice 19516
50 Container Depot 10478
51 Container Freight Station 10201
52 Continuous Replenishment 19324
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11935
54 Contract Carrier 7254
55 Contract of Affreightment 11287
56 Control Charts 7852
57 Cost Flow 10153
58 Courier Service 15041
59 CPFR 8100
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11646
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43750
62 Date Code 17990
63 Days of Supply 19652
64 Dead on Arrival 9071
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7185
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7979
67 Detective Control 8785
68 Devanning 14096
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10724
70 Dispatching 24064
71 Distributed Inventory 8248
72 Distribution Channel Management 34389
73 Distribution Metrics 8906
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15020
76 Double Marginalization 52407
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22133
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20440
80 Echelon Inventory 25981
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38097
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49258
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7503
84 Efficient Frontier 25217
85 Engineer-to-Order 31495
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16173
87 Erlang B Formula 9219
88 ETD 8202
89 Ex Works 7743
90 Exception Rate 13303
91 Exponential smoothing 9722
92 External Growth 9932
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9812
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8597
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26766
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
 
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