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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 10271
2 3D Loading 6484
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21700
4 5 Point Annual Average 9133
5 5 Whys 22279
6 5S Program 8218
7 ABC Analysis 34149
8 ABC Inventory Control 17189
9 Abnormal Demand 24285
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7612
11 Activity Analysis 11424
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14407
13 Actual Demand 11144
14 Aggregate Planning 12073
15 Air Cargo 10002
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6587
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34760
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19112
20 Assembly Line 22165
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22889
22 Average Speed of Answer 26507
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22989
24 Batch Production 38174
25 Bill Discounting 14413
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11119
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7085
28 Blanket Release 9944
29 Bonded Warehouse 10009
30 Booking Number 13679
31 Bottleneck 9434
32 Buffer Stock 59017
33 Build to Stock 12870
34 Bullwhip Effect 9498
35 Business Logistics 25496
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12500
37 Capacity Management 40246
38 Capacity Utilization 14008
39 Capital Intensive 8327
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8631
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12050
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8880
44 Co-Destiny 9218
45 Co-managed Inventory 12396
46 Co-Packers 11704
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6797
48 Computer-Based Training 7639
49 Consular Invoice 19643
50 Container Depot 10549
51 Container Freight Station 10235
52 Continuous Replenishment 19396
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12007
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11349
56 Control Charts 7906
57 Cost Flow 10208
58 Courier Service 15138
59 CPFR 8160
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11721
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43963
62 Date Code 18107
63 Days of Supply 19740
64 Dead on Arrival 9154
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7251
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8045
67 Detective Control 8855
68 Devanning 14156
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10800
70 Dispatching 24321
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34546
73 Distribution Metrics 9017
74 Distribution Planning 24120
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15123
76 Double Marginalization 52528
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22213
78 Dual 5397
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26091
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38182
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49479
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7560
84 Efficient Frontier 25347
85 Engineer-to-Order 31620
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16305
87 Erlang B Formula 9287
88 ETD 8270
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13402
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 10003
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9367
94 Field Services 7701
95 Field Warehouse 10148
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14533
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26888
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8105
 
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