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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 10286
2 3D Loading 6491
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21717
4 5 Point Annual Average 9144
5 5 Whys 22287
6 5S Program 8224
7 ABC Analysis 34191
8 ABC Inventory Control 17200
9 Abnormal Demand 24297
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7618
11 Activity Analysis 11436
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14435
13 Actual Demand 11156
14 Aggregate Planning 12083
15 Air Cargo 10015
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6600
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34782
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15299
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19132
20 Assembly Line 22214
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22906
22 Average Speed of Answer 26513
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23018
24 Batch Production 38214
25 Bill Discounting 14438
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11134
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7095
28 Blanket Release 9954
29 Bonded Warehouse 10020
30 Booking Number 13700
31 Bottleneck 9445
32 Buffer Stock 59070
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9509
35 Business Logistics 25524
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12512
37 Capacity Management 40303
38 Capacity Utilization 14022
39 Capital Intensive 8341
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8651
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12060
42 Certified Supplier 8931
43 Channel Effectiveness 8887
44 Co-Destiny 9237
45 Co-managed Inventory 12406
46 Co-Packers 11713
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6805
48 Computer-Based Training 7646
49 Consular Invoice 19669
50 Container Depot 10560
51 Container Freight Station 10239
52 Continuous Replenishment 19410
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12017
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11359
56 Control Charts 7914
57 Cost Flow 10215
58 Courier Service 15159
59 CPFR 8170
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11731
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43999
62 Date Code 18131
63 Days of Supply 19754
64 Dead on Arrival 9177
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7260
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8054
67 Detective Control 8863
68 Devanning 14165
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10814
70 Dispatching 24352
71 Distributed Inventory 8304
72 Distribution Channel Management 34583
73 Distribution Metrics 9030
74 Distribution Planning 24132
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15142
76 Double Marginalization 52554
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22226
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20535
80 Echelon Inventory 26111
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38195
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49513
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7566
84 Efficient Frontier 25369
85 Engineer-to-Order 31639
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16327
87 Erlang B Formula 9301
88 ETD 8280
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13414
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9376
94 Field Services 7708
95 Field Warehouse 10215
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8698
97 Fishbone Diagram 14549
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26916
99 Flow Through Distribution 12255
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8115
 
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