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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 10182
2 3D Loading 6421
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21592
4 5 Point Annual Average 9072
5 5 Whys 22221
6 5S Program 8147
7 ABC Analysis 33960
8 ABC Inventory Control 17096
9 Abnormal Demand 24190
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7542
11 Activity Analysis 11349
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14229
13 Actual Demand 11061
14 Aggregate Planning 11998
15 Air Cargo 9911
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6523
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34663
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15241
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19024
20 Assembly Line 21883
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22774
22 Average Speed of Answer 26442
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22851
24 Batch Production 37896
25 Bill Discounting 14292
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10984
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7005
28 Blanket Release 9852
29 Bonded Warehouse 9942
30 Booking Number 13563
31 Bottleneck 9340
32 Buffer Stock 58683
33 Build to Stock 12804
34 Bullwhip Effect 9404
35 Business Logistics 25324
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12414
37 Capacity Management 39961
38 Capacity Utilization 13903
39 Capital Intensive 8221
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8527
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11959
42 Certified Supplier 8870
43 Channel Effectiveness 8831
44 Co-Destiny 9139
45 Co-managed Inventory 12304
46 Co-Packers 11631
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6725
48 Computer-Based Training 7572
49 Consular Invoice 19497
50 Container Depot 10467
51 Container Freight Station 10193
52 Continuous Replenishment 19311
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11926
54 Contract Carrier 7247
55 Contract of Affreightment 11281
56 Control Charts 7837
57 Cost Flow 10149
58 Courier Service 15026
59 CPFR 8092
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11633
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43727
62 Date Code 17964
63 Days of Supply 19635
64 Dead on Arrival 9061
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7175
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7968
67 Detective Control 8778
68 Devanning 14091
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10713
70 Dispatching 24027
71 Distributed Inventory 8240
72 Distribution Channel Management 34365
73 Distribution Metrics 8894
74 Distribution Planning 24026
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15008
76 Double Marginalization 52394
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22123
78 Dual 5348
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20428
80 Echelon Inventory 25973
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38086
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49228
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7496
84 Efficient Frontier 25200
85 Engineer-to-Order 31477
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16152
87 Erlang B Formula 9208
88 ETD 8190
89 Ex Works 7740
90 Exception Rate 13289
91 Exponential smoothing 9713
92 External Growth 9921
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9299
94 Field Services 7648
95 Field Warehouse 9791
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8583
97 Fishbone Diagram 14450
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26747
99 Flow Through Distribution 12156
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8033
 
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