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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 8960
2 3D Loading 5707
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20635
4 5 Point Annual Average 8322
5 5 Whys 21252
6 5S Program 7362
7 ABC Analysis 31332
8 ABC Inventory Control 16071
9 Abnormal Demand 23085
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6757
11 Activity Analysis 10507
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12618
13 Actual Demand 9956
14 Aggregate Planning 11025
15 Air Cargo 8933
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5618
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33585
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14557
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17877
20 Assembly Line 18807
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21702
22 Average Speed of Answer 25644
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21181
24 Batch Production 35107
25 Bill Discounting 12868
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9792
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6238
28 Blanket Release 8967
29 Bonded Warehouse 9091
30 Booking Number 12208
31 Bottleneck 8290
32 Buffer Stock 55101
33 Build to Stock 11900
34 Bullwhip Effect 8384
35 Business Logistics 23146
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11647
37 Capacity Management 35623
38 Capacity Utilization 12741
39 Capital Intensive 7189
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7281
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10891
42 Certified Supplier 8200
43 Channel Effectiveness 8085
44 Co-Destiny 8340
45 Co-managed Inventory 11311
46 Co-Packers 10842
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5757
48 Computer-Based Training 6945
49 Consular Invoice 18107
50 Container Depot 9628
51 Container Freight Station 9466
52 Continuous Replenishment 18291
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11054
54 Contract Carrier 6736
55 Contract of Affreightment 10535
56 Control Charts 7096
57 Cost Flow 9403
58 Courier Service 13544
59 CPFR 7256
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10828
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 40600
62 Date Code 16310
63 Days of Supply 18473
64 Dead on Arrival 8008
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6509
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7096
67 Detective Control 8009
68 Devanning 13224
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9684
70 Dispatching 21315
71 Distributed Inventory 7589
72 Distribution Channel Management 31846
73 Distribution Metrics 7629
74 Distribution Planning 22912
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13857
76 Double Marginalization 50530
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21041
78 Dual 4593
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19564
80 Echelon Inventory 25113
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36536
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45969
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6705
84 Efficient Frontier 23673
85 Engineer-to-Order 29848
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14671
87 Erlang B Formula 8247
88 ETD 7380
89 Ex Works 7087
90 Exception Rate 12065
91 Exponential smoothing 8940
92 External Growth 9051
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8520
94 Field Services 7066
95 Field Warehouse 9005
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7212
97 Fishbone Diagram 13427
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25062
99 Flow Through Distribution 11180
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7121
 
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