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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 10326
2 3D Loading 6507
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21750
4 5 Point Annual Average 9167
5 5 Whys 22315
6 5S Program 8244
7 ABC Analysis 34251
8 ABC Inventory Control 17225
9 Abnormal Demand 24324
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7641
11 Activity Analysis 11464
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14508
13 Actual Demand 11184
14 Aggregate Planning 12113
15 Air Cargo 10042
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6625
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34823
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15318
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19167
20 Assembly Line 22293
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22938
22 Average Speed of Answer 26537
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23062
24 Batch Production 38285
25 Bill Discounting 14488
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11174
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7119
28 Blanket Release 9982
29 Bonded Warehouse 10040
30 Booking Number 13741
31 Bottleneck 9476
32 Buffer Stock 59149
33 Build to Stock 12905
34 Bullwhip Effect 9552
35 Business Logistics 25588
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12541
37 Capacity Management 40393
38 Capacity Utilization 14067
39 Capital Intensive 8376
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8698
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12093
42 Certified Supplier 8949
43 Channel Effectiveness 8903
44 Co-Destiny 9269
45 Co-managed Inventory 12441
46 Co-Packers 11740
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6837
48 Computer-Based Training 7669
49 Consular Invoice 19714
50 Container Depot 10583
51 Container Freight Station 10259
52 Continuous Replenishment 19436
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12047
54 Contract Carrier 7306
55 Contract of Affreightment 11389
56 Control Charts 7941
57 Cost Flow 10240
58 Courier Service 15195
59 CPFR 8193
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11766
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44071
62 Date Code 18180
63 Days of Supply 19793
64 Dead on Arrival 9208
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7283
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8081
67 Detective Control 8884
68 Devanning 14190
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10838
70 Dispatching 24430
71 Distributed Inventory 8331
72 Distribution Channel Management 34653
73 Distribution Metrics 9079
74 Distribution Planning 24163
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15175
76 Double Marginalization 52600
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22254
78 Dual 5425
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20575
80 Echelon Inventory 26160
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38223
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49612
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7589
84 Efficient Frontier 25423
85 Engineer-to-Order 31694
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16380
87 Erlang B Formula 9325
88 ETD 8308
89 Ex Works 7817
90 Exception Rate 13449
91 Exponential smoothing 9809
92 External Growth 10042
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9399
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10358
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8729
97 Fishbone Diagram 14577
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26970
99 Flow Through Distribution 12280
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8144
 
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