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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 9848
2 3D Loading 6236
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21317
4 5 Point Annual Average 8869
5 5 Whys 21985
6 5S Program 7953
7 ABC Analysis 33367
8 ABC Inventory Control 16890
9 Abnormal Demand 23911
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7343
11 Activity Analysis 11143
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13777
13 Actual Demand 10775
14 Aggregate Planning 11714
15 Air Cargo 9616
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6305
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34345
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15093
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18689
20 Assembly Line 21045
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22470
22 Average Speed of Answer 26255
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22330
24 Batch Production 37224
25 Bill Discounting 13893
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10620
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6802
28 Blanket Release 9636
29 Bonded Warehouse 9715
30 Booking Number 13182
31 Bottleneck 9037
32 Buffer Stock 57758
33 Build to Stock 12565
34 Bullwhip Effect 9122
35 Business Logistics 24781
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12201
37 Capacity Management 38842
38 Capacity Utilization 13586
39 Capital Intensive 7935
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8161
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11651
42 Certified Supplier 8725
43 Channel Effectiveness 8661
44 Co-Destiny 8926
45 Co-managed Inventory 12045
46 Co-Packers 11445
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6468
48 Computer-Based Training 7405
49 Consular Invoice 19091
50 Container Depot 10226
51 Container Freight Station 10036
52 Continuous Replenishment 19035
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11688
54 Contract Carrier 7133
55 Contract of Affreightment 11090
56 Control Charts 7639
57 Cost Flow 9952
58 Courier Service 14622
59 CPFR 7888
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11385
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42825
62 Date Code 17541
63 Days of Supply 19285
64 Dead on Arrival 8781
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7000
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7733
67 Detective Control 8608
68 Devanning 13879
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10447
70 Dispatching 23252
71 Distributed Inventory 8078
72 Distribution Channel Management 33667
73 Distribution Metrics 8513
74 Distribution Planning 23737
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14675
76 Double Marginalization 51887
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21850
78 Dual 5162
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20205
80 Echelon Inventory 25727
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37785
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48368
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7313
84 Efficient Frontier 24718
85 Engineer-to-Order 31034
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15677
87 Erlang B Formula 8955
88 ETD 7984
89 Ex Works 7586
90 Exception Rate 12966
91 Exponential smoothing 9500
92 External Growth 9706
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9111
94 Field Services 7505
95 Field Warehouse 9559
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8261
97 Fishbone Diagram 14168
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26295
99 Flow Through Distribution 11920
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7809
 
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