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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 10138
2 3D Loading 6402
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21552
4 5 Point Annual Average 9051
5 5 Whys 22196
6 5S Program 8123
7 ABC Analysis 33892
8 ABC Inventory Control 17071
9 Abnormal Demand 24164
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7519
11 Activity Analysis 11322
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14171
13 Actual Demand 11034
14 Aggregate Planning 11969
15 Air Cargo 9882
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6492
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34628
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15224
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18989
20 Assembly Line 21785
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22737
22 Average Speed of Answer 26418
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22797
24 Batch Production 37828
25 Bill Discounting 14234
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10936
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6977
28 Blanket Release 9824
29 Bonded Warehouse 9916
30 Booking Number 13511
31 Bottleneck 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58599
33 Build to Stock 12778
34 Bullwhip Effect 9367
35 Business Logistics 25257
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12384
37 Capacity Management 39863
38 Capacity Utilization 13869
39 Capital Intensive 8191
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8483
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8852
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9104
45 Co-managed Inventory 12278
46 Co-Packers 11605
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6688
48 Computer-Based Training 7552
49 Consular Invoice 19446
50 Container Depot 10442
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11903
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11261
56 Control Charts 7818
57 Cost Flow 10130
58 Courier Service 14993
59 CPFR 8069
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11611
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43649
62 Date Code 17905
63 Days of Supply 19595
64 Dead on Arrival 9031
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7148
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7932
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10682
70 Dispatching 23938
71 Distributed Inventory 8215
72 Distribution Channel Management 34281
73 Distribution Metrics 8852
74 Distribution Planning 23996
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14971
76 Double Marginalization 52355
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5329
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25945
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38057
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49152
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7467
84 Efficient Frontier 25145
85 Engineer-to-Order 31421
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16102
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8161
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13248
91 Exponential smoothing 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9758
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8549
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26692
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
 
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