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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 10219
2 3D Loading 6443
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21642
4 5 Point Annual Average 9099
5 5 Whys 22244
6 5S Program 8177
7 ABC Analysis 34043
8 ABC Inventory Control 17134
9 Abnormal Demand 24226
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7570
11 Activity Analysis 11383
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14301
13 Actual Demand 11094
14 Aggregate Planning 12029
15 Air Cargo 9951
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6549
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34704
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15266
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19066
20 Assembly Line 22012
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22823
22 Average Speed of Answer 26469
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22912
24 Batch Production 38010
25 Bill Discounting 14345
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11050
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7041
28 Blanket Release 9898
29 Bonded Warehouse 9969
30 Booking Number 13616
31 Bottleneck 9379
32 Buffer Stock 58813
33 Build to Stock 12829
34 Bullwhip Effect 9441
35 Business Logistics 25395
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12448
37 Capacity Management 40088
38 Capacity Utilization 13948
39 Capital Intensive 8267
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8569
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11995
42 Certified Supplier 8895
43 Channel Effectiveness 8849
44 Co-Destiny 9172
45 Co-managed Inventory 12343
46 Co-Packers 11662
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6751
48 Computer-Based Training 7600
49 Consular Invoice 19553
50 Container Depot 10509
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19350
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11955
54 Contract Carrier 7265
55 Contract of Affreightment 11308
56 Control Charts 7870
57 Cost Flow 10173
58 Courier Service 15077
59 CPFR 8121
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11671
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43824
62 Date Code 18037
63 Days of Supply 19675
64 Dead on Arrival 9094
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7210
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7999
67 Detective Control 8809
68 Devanning 14117
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10746
70 Dispatching 24170
71 Distributed Inventory 8261
72 Distribution Channel Management 34446
73 Distribution Metrics 8944
74 Distribution Planning 24064
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15058
76 Double Marginalization 52452
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22157
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20469
80 Echelon Inventory 26022
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38127
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49339
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7520
84 Efficient Frontier 25267
85 Engineer-to-Order 31539
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16224
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8225
89 Ex Works 7760
90 Exception Rate 13333
91 Exponential smoothing 9738
92 External Growth 9953
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9331
94 Field Services 7671
95 Field Warehouse 9892
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8631
97 Fishbone Diagram 14494
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26811
99 Flow Through Distribution 12194
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8063
 
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