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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 10216
2 3D Loading 6441
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21633
4 5 Point Annual Average 9096
5 5 Whys 22240
6 5S Program 8171
7 ABC Analysis 34030
8 ABC Inventory Control 17129
9 Abnormal Demand 24220
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7566
11 Activity Analysis 11378
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14285
13 Actual Demand 11086
14 Aggregate Planning 12025
15 Air Cargo 9942
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6545
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34696
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15264
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19056
20 Assembly Line 21986
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22814
22 Average Speed of Answer 26463
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22901
24 Batch Production 37992
25 Bill Discounting 14331
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11040
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7035
28 Blanket Release 9892
29 Bonded Warehouse 9963
30 Booking Number 13610
31 Bottleneck 9370
32 Buffer Stock 58789
33 Build to Stock 12824
34 Bullwhip Effect 9435
35 Business Logistics 25380
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12446
37 Capacity Management 40068
38 Capacity Utilization 13937
39 Capital Intensive 8258
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8561
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11988
42 Certified Supplier 8890
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9167
45 Co-managed Inventory 12335
46 Co-Packers 11658
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6745
48 Computer-Based Training 7593
49 Consular Invoice 19548
50 Container Depot 10502
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19344
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11951
54 Contract Carrier 7262
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7866
57 Cost Flow 10169
58 Courier Service 15069
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11664
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43800
62 Date Code 18026
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9091
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7206
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7993
67 Detective Control 8803
68 Devanning 14114
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10743
70 Dispatching 24145
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34423
73 Distribution Metrics 8934
74 Distribution Planning 24058
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15048
76 Double Marginalization 52438
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22151
78 Dual 5366
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20460
80 Echelon Inventory 26012
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38121
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49323
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7516
84 Efficient Frontier 25253
85 Engineer-to-Order 31524
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16207
87 Erlang B Formula 9236
88 ETD 8221
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9735
92 External Growth 9949
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9328
94 Field Services 7664
95 Field Warehouse 9867
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8621
97 Fishbone Diagram 14484
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26803
99 Flow Through Distribution 12185
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
 
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