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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 10039
2 3D Loading 6366
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21492
4 5 Point Annual Average 9002
5 5 Whys 22155
6 5S Program 8083
7 ABC Analysis 33780
8 ABC Inventory Control 17035
9 Abnormal Demand 24112
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7476
11 Activity Analysis 11275
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14079
13 Actual Demand 10992
14 Aggregate Planning 11914
15 Air Cargo 9827
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6432
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34566
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15201
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18923
20 Assembly Line 21583
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22680
22 Average Speed of Answer 26373
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22686
24 Batch Production 37691
25 Bill Discounting 14164
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10834
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6930
28 Blanket Release 9775
29 Bonded Warehouse 9865
30 Booking Number 13434
31 Bottleneck 9255
32 Buffer Stock 58390
33 Build to Stock 12733
34 Bullwhip Effect 9304
35 Business Logistics 25138
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12341
37 Capacity Management 39639
38 Capacity Utilization 13800
39 Capital Intensive 8123
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8404
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11868
42 Certified Supplier 8827
43 Channel Effectiveness 8787
44 Co-Destiny 9058
45 Co-managed Inventory 12224
46 Co-Packers 11562
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6636
48 Computer-Based Training 7518
49 Consular Invoice 19359
50 Container Depot 10381
51 Container Freight Station 10136
52 Continuous Replenishment 19222
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11848
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11206
56 Control Charts 7776
57 Cost Flow 10086
58 Courier Service 14913
59 CPFR 8027
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11557
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43436
62 Date Code 17789
63 Days of Supply 19518
64 Dead on Arrival 8964
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7099
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7889
67 Detective Control 8708
68 Devanning 14013
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10628
70 Dispatching 23736
71 Distributed Inventory 8185
72 Distribution Channel Management 34135
73 Distribution Metrics 8760
74 Distribution Planning 23935
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14893
76 Double Marginalization 52273
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22027
78 Dual 5296
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20332
80 Echelon Inventory 25889
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37987
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48978
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7433
84 Efficient Frontier 25040
85 Engineer-to-Order 31315
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16004
87 Erlang B Formula 9133
88 ETD 8111
89 Ex Works 7689
90 Exception Rate 13188
91 Exponential smoothing 9634
92 External Growth 9848
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9233
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9715
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8478
97 Fishbone Diagram 14348
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26586
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7956
 
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