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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 10234
2 3D Loading 6452
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21654
4 5 Point Annual Average 9106
5 5 Whys 22251
6 5S Program 8187
7 ABC Analysis 34063
8 ABC Inventory Control 17144
9 Abnormal Demand 24241
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7580
11 Activity Analysis 11393
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14333
13 Actual Demand 11110
14 Aggregate Planning 12039
15 Air Cargo 9967
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6556
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34717
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15277
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19077
20 Assembly Line 22047
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22839
22 Average Speed of Answer 26476
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22929
24 Batch Production 38032
25 Bill Discounting 14357
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11066
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7050
28 Blanket Release 9905
29 Bonded Warehouse 9979
30 Booking Number 13635
31 Bottleneck 9387
32 Buffer Stock 58853
33 Build to Stock 12839
34 Bullwhip Effect 9452
35 Business Logistics 25420
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12461
37 Capacity Management 40116
38 Capacity Utilization 13960
39 Capital Intensive 8277
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8590
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12006
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8858
44 Co-Destiny 9184
45 Co-managed Inventory 12357
46 Co-Packers 11671
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7609
49 Consular Invoice 19571
50 Container Depot 10518
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19360
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11968
54 Contract Carrier 7273
55 Contract of Affreightment 11315
56 Control Charts 7878
57 Cost Flow 10178
58 Courier Service 15089
59 CPFR 8128
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43859
62 Date Code 18054
63 Days of Supply 19691
64 Dead on Arrival 9109
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7218
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8003
67 Detective Control 8816
68 Devanning 14125
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10761
70 Dispatching 24199
71 Distributed Inventory 8273
72 Distribution Channel Management 34472
73 Distribution Metrics 8962
74 Distribution Planning 24077
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15072
76 Double Marginalization 52468
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22169
78 Dual 5375
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20482
80 Echelon Inventory 26036
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38141
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49373
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7528
84 Efficient Frontier 25283
85 Engineer-to-Order 31560
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16243
87 Erlang B Formula 9250
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7768
90 Exception Rate 13345
91 Exponential smoothing 9747
92 External Growth 9961
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9339
94 Field Services 7675
95 Field Warehouse 9927
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14503
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26830
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8071
 
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