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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 10327
2 3D Loading 6508
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21753
4 5 Point Annual Average 9167
5 5 Whys 22316
6 5S Program 8245
7 ABC Analysis 34257
8 ABC Inventory Control 17228
9 Abnormal Demand 24326
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7643
11 Activity Analysis 11465
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14512
13 Actual Demand 11186
14 Aggregate Planning 12114
15 Air Cargo 10043
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6627
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34828
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15319
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19170
20 Assembly Line 22300
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22939
22 Average Speed of Answer 26539
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23070
24 Batch Production 38289
25 Bill Discounting 14493
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11182
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7122
28 Blanket Release 9984
29 Bonded Warehouse 10041
30 Booking Number 13744
31 Bottleneck 9478
32 Buffer Stock 59153
33 Build to Stock 12905
34 Bullwhip Effect 9554
35 Business Logistics 25592
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12543
37 Capacity Management 40399
38 Capacity Utilization 14068
39 Capital Intensive 8379
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8703
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12097
42 Certified Supplier 8949
43 Channel Effectiveness 8907
44 Co-Destiny 9270
45 Co-managed Inventory 12442
46 Co-Packers 11742
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6839
48 Computer-Based Training 7671
49 Consular Invoice 19721
50 Container Depot 10585
51 Container Freight Station 10260
52 Continuous Replenishment 19439
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12050
54 Contract Carrier 7306
55 Contract of Affreightment 11391
56 Control Charts 7942
57 Cost Flow 10241
58 Courier Service 15199
59 CPFR 8194
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11769
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44075
62 Date Code 18182
63 Days of Supply 19795
64 Dead on Arrival 9209
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7286
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8082
67 Detective Control 8884
68 Devanning 14192
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10839
70 Dispatching 24436
71 Distributed Inventory 8333
72 Distribution Channel Management 34656
73 Distribution Metrics 9081
74 Distribution Planning 24164
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15179
76 Double Marginalization 52604
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22260
78 Dual 5426
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20576
80 Echelon Inventory 26162
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38228
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49619
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7591
84 Efficient Frontier 25426
85 Engineer-to-Order 31699
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16385
87 Erlang B Formula 9326
88 ETD 8308
89 Ex Works 7818
90 Exception Rate 13453
91 Exponential smoothing 9809
92 External Growth 10045
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9400
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10372
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8733
97 Fishbone Diagram 14579
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26974
99 Flow Through Distribution 12282
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8147
 
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