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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 10288
2 3D Loading 6492
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21718
4 5 Point Annual Average 9145
5 5 Whys 22289
6 5S Program 8226
7 ABC Analysis 34195
8 ABC Inventory Control 17200
9 Abnormal Demand 24299
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7620
11 Activity Analysis 11436
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14437
13 Actual Demand 11157
14 Aggregate Planning 12084
15 Air Cargo 10017
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6601
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34785
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15302
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19133
20 Assembly Line 22221
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22909
22 Average Speed of Answer 26514
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23020
24 Batch Production 38219
25 Bill Discounting 14439
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11134
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7097
28 Blanket Release 9956
29 Bonded Warehouse 10020
30 Booking Number 13703
31 Bottleneck 9447
32 Buffer Stock 59077
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9515
35 Business Logistics 25530
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12516
37 Capacity Management 40307
38 Capacity Utilization 14027
39 Capital Intensive 8343
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8655
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12061
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8889
44 Co-Destiny 9238
45 Co-managed Inventory 12408
46 Co-Packers 11715
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6806
48 Computer-Based Training 7649
49 Consular Invoice 19672
50 Container Depot 10560
51 Container Freight Station 10241
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12020
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11362
56 Control Charts 7916
57 Cost Flow 10217
58 Courier Service 15163
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11731
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44003
62 Date Code 18134
63 Days of Supply 19758
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7261
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8055
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14168
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10815
70 Dispatching 24357
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34588
73 Distribution Metrics 9033
74 Distribution Planning 24133
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15145
76 Double Marginalization 52557
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22226
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20539
80 Echelon Inventory 26113
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38196
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49519
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7568
84 Efficient Frontier 25372
85 Engineer-to-Order 31645
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16330
87 Erlang B Formula 9304
88 ETD 8281
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13417
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10015
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7708
95 Field Warehouse 10224
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8703
97 Fishbone Diagram 14551
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26920
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8118
 
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