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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 10085
2 3D Loading 6386
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21522
4 5 Point Annual Average 9025
5 5 Whys 22175
6 5S Program 8100
7 ABC Analysis 33836
8 ABC Inventory Control 17053
9 Abnormal Demand 24136
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7498
11 Activity Analysis 11303
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14126
13 Actual Demand 11012
14 Aggregate Planning 11941
15 Air Cargo 9852
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6463
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34601
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15209
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18953
20 Assembly Line 21687
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22707
22 Average Speed of Answer 26394
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22744
24 Batch Production 37754
25 Bill Discounting 14199
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10881
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6955
28 Blanket Release 9803
29 Bonded Warehouse 9889
30 Booking Number 13474
31 Bottleneck 9278
32 Buffer Stock 58518
33 Build to Stock 12754
34 Bullwhip Effect 9334
35 Business Logistics 25199
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12362
37 Capacity Management 39754
38 Capacity Utilization 13835
39 Capital Intensive 8153
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8443
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11893
42 Certified Supplier 8841
43 Channel Effectiveness 8800
44 Co-Destiny 9080
45 Co-managed Inventory 12247
46 Co-Packers 11584
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6667
48 Computer-Based Training 7533
49 Consular Invoice 19402
50 Container Depot 10411
51 Container Freight Station 10148
52 Continuous Replenishment 19253
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11872
54 Contract Carrier 7220
55 Contract of Affreightment 11225
56 Control Charts 7795
57 Cost Flow 10106
58 Courier Service 14950
59 CPFR 8046
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11586
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43546
62 Date Code 17849
63 Days of Supply 19556
64 Dead on Arrival 8998
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7123
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7907
67 Detective Control 8734
68 Devanning 14040
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10660
70 Dispatching 23826
71 Distributed Inventory 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34224
73 Distribution Metrics 8806
74 Distribution Planning 23967
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14938
76 Double Marginalization 52310
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22058
78 Dual 5310
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20366
80 Echelon Inventory 25916
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38022
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49065
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25088
85 Engineer-to-Order 31370
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16052
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8131
89 Ex Works 7708
90 Exception Rate 13212
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9867
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9736
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8517
97 Fishbone Diagram 14385
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26638
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7979
 
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