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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 10535
2 3D Loading 6604
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21898
4 5 Point Annual Average 9262
5 5 Whys 22423
6 5S Program 8334
7 ABC Analysis 34553
8 ABC Inventory Control 17381
9 Abnormal Demand 24457
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7733
11 Activity Analysis 11573
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14784
13 Actual Demand 11266
14 Aggregate Planning 12304
15 Air Cargo 10187
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6720
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34965
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15387
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19389
20 Assembly Line 22687
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23081
22 Average Speed of Answer 26629
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23287
24 Batch Production 38596
25 Bill Discounting 14651
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11335
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7222
28 Blanket Release 10101
29 Bonded Warehouse 10133
30 Booking Number 13919
31 Bottleneck 9624
32 Buffer Stock 59523
33 Build to Stock 13093
34 Bullwhip Effect 9770
35 Business Logistics 25904
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12647
37 Capacity Management 40877
38 Capacity Utilization 14210
39 Capital Intensive 8516
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8860
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12222
42 Certified Supplier 9024
43 Channel Effectiveness 9000
44 Co-Destiny 9376
45 Co-managed Inventory 12651
46 Co-Packers 11853
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6958
48 Computer-Based Training 7756
49 Consular Invoice 19935
50 Container Depot 10676
51 Container Freight Station 10331
52 Continuous Replenishment 19652
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12159
54 Contract Carrier 7362
55 Contract of Affreightment 11486
56 Control Charts 8023
57 Cost Flow 10357
58 Courier Service 15345
59 CPFR 8287
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11886
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44360
62 Date Code 18379
63 Days of Supply 19944
64 Dead on Arrival 9425
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7378
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8196
67 Detective Control 8985
68 Devanning 14294
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11051
70 Dispatching 24687
71 Distributed Inventory 8429
72 Distribution Channel Management 34994
73 Distribution Metrics 9239
74 Distribution Planning 24302
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15337
76 Double Marginalization 52900
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22487
78 Dual 5489
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20708
80 Echelon Inventory 26310
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38364
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49983
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7687
84 Efficient Frontier 25623
85 Engineer-to-Order 31883
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16674
87 Erlang B Formula 9420
88 ETD 8395
89 Ex Works 7888
90 Exception Rate 13598
91 Exponential smoothing 9892
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9593
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10759
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8888
97 Fishbone Diagram 14694
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27209
99 Flow Through Distribution 12404
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8263
 
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