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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 10195
2 3D Loading 6429
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21611
4 5 Point Annual Average 9088
5 5 Whys 22229
6 5S Program 8161
7 ABC Analysis 33992
8 ABC Inventory Control 17110
9 Abnormal Demand 24205
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7553
11 Activity Analysis 11363
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14257
13 Actual Demand 11076
14 Aggregate Planning 12012
15 Air Cargo 9924
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6536
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34680
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15251
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19038
20 Assembly Line 21930
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22795
22 Average Speed of Answer 26449
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22876
24 Batch Production 37951
25 Bill Discounting 14316
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11012
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7020
28 Blanket Release 9876
29 Bonded Warehouse 9951
30 Booking Number 13586
31 Bottleneck 9356
32 Buffer Stock 58736
33 Build to Stock 12810
34 Bullwhip Effect 9419
35 Business Logistics 25357
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12429
37 Capacity Management 40004
38 Capacity Utilization 13919
39 Capital Intensive 8241
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8543
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11971
42 Certified Supplier 8880
43 Channel Effectiveness 8838
44 Co-Destiny 9152
45 Co-managed Inventory 12319
46 Co-Packers 11643
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19521
50 Container Depot 10483
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7256
55 Contract of Affreightment 11293
56 Control Charts 7854
57 Cost Flow 10157
58 Courier Service 15046
59 CPFR 8103
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43760
62 Date Code 17998
63 Days of Supply 19661
64 Dead on Arrival 9078
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7191
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8790
68 Devanning 14102
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10730
70 Dispatching 24081
71 Distributed Inventory 8251
72 Distribution Channel Management 34395
73 Distribution Metrics 8912
74 Distribution Planning 24042
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15028
76 Double Marginalization 52413
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22136
78 Dual 5354
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20443
80 Echelon Inventory 25990
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38104
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49271
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25224
85 Engineer-to-Order 31501
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16184
87 Erlang B Formula 9221
88 ETD 8205
89 Ex Works 7745
90 Exception Rate 13310
91 Exponential smoothing 9725
92 External Growth 9936
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9313
94 Field Services 7656
95 Field Warehouse 9824
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8602
97 Fishbone Diagram 14465
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26777
99 Flow Through Distribution 12169
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
 
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