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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 6428
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21611
4 5 Point Annual Average 9088
5 5 Whys 22229
6 5S Program 8160
7 ABC Analysis 33989
8 ABC Inventory Control 17108
9 Abnormal Demand 24204
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7552
11 Activity Analysis 11361
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14257
13 Actual Demand 11075
14 Aggregate Planning 12011
15 Air Cargo 9922
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6536
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34679
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15250
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19038
20 Assembly Line 21928
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22795
22 Average Speed of Answer 26449
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22876
24 Batch Production 37947
25 Bill Discounting 14315
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11009
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7019
28 Blanket Release 9875
29 Bonded Warehouse 9951
30 Booking Number 13584
31 Bottleneck 9355
32 Buffer Stock 58735
33 Build to Stock 12810
34 Bullwhip Effect 9418
35 Business Logistics 25354
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12428
37 Capacity Management 40002
38 Capacity Utilization 13917
39 Capital Intensive 8238
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8541
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11971
42 Certified Supplier 8879
43 Channel Effectiveness 8837
44 Co-Destiny 9151
45 Co-managed Inventory 12318
46 Co-Packers 11643
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6734
48 Computer-Based Training 7583
49 Consular Invoice 19519
50 Container Depot 10482
51 Container Freight Station 10203
52 Continuous Replenishment 19325
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11937
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11293
56 Control Charts 7853
57 Cost Flow 10157
58 Courier Service 15045
59 CPFR 8103
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11648
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43759
62 Date Code 17997
63 Days of Supply 19660
64 Dead on Arrival 9076
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7189
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7981
67 Detective Control 8789
68 Devanning 14101
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10730
70 Dispatching 24078
71 Distributed Inventory 8250
72 Distribution Channel Management 34394
73 Distribution Metrics 8912
74 Distribution Planning 24040
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15027
76 Double Marginalization 52411
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22134
78 Dual 5353
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20442
80 Echelon Inventory 25986
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38100
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49270
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25222
85 Engineer-to-Order 31501
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16182
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8205
89 Ex Works 7745
90 Exception Rate 13308
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9935
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9313
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9821
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8602
97 Fishbone Diagram 14462
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26776
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
 
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