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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 9309
2 3D Loading 5946
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20893
4 5 Point Annual Average 8547
5 5 Whys 21586
6 5S Program 7612
7 ABC Analysis 32207
8 ABC Inventory Control 16496
9 Abnormal Demand 23378
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7038
11 Activity Analysis 10769
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13083
13 Actual Demand 10291
14 Aggregate Planning 11328
15 Air Cargo 9201
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5920
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33892
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14804
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18185
20 Assembly Line 19661
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22008
22 Average Speed of Answer 25903
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21578
24 Batch Production 36029
25 Bill Discounting 13291
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10112
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6445
28 Blanket Release 9240
29 Bonded Warehouse 9386
30 Booking Number 12589
31 Bottleneck 8596
32 Buffer Stock 56050
33 Build to Stock 12165
34 Bullwhip Effect 8731
35 Business Logistics 23770
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11899
37 Capacity Management 36742
38 Capacity Utilization 13080
39 Capital Intensive 7496
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7623
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11169
42 Certified Supplier 8437
43 Channel Effectiveness 8356
44 Co-Destiny 8558
45 Co-managed Inventory 11598
46 Co-Packers 11109
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6032
48 Computer-Based Training 7156
49 Consular Invoice 18386
50 Container Depot 9888
51 Container Freight Station 9721
52 Continuous Replenishment 18588
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11319
54 Contract Carrier 6940
55 Contract of Affreightment 10794
56 Control Charts 7326
57 Cost Flow 9662
58 Courier Service 13907
59 CPFR 7564
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11050
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41454
62 Date Code 16806
63 Days of Supply 18815
64 Dead on Arrival 8294
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6730
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7359
67 Detective Control 8314
68 Devanning 13483
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9974
70 Dispatching 21902
71 Distributed Inventory 7786
72 Distribution Channel Management 32498
73 Distribution Metrics 7962
74 Distribution Planning 23270
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14165
76 Double Marginalization 51116
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21371
78 Dual 4853
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19886
80 Echelon Inventory 25367
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37055
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 46896
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6946
84 Efficient Frontier 24042
85 Engineer-to-Order 30309
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15010
87 Erlang B Formula 8555
88 ETD 7653
89 Ex Works 7309
90 Exception Rate 12434
91 Exponential smoothing 9172
92 External Growth 9338
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8757
94 Field Services 7274
95 Field Warehouse 9257
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7663
97 Fishbone Diagram 13735
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25538
99 Flow Through Distribution 11487
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7443
 
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