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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 10471
2 3D Loading 6556
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21830
4 5 Point Annual Average 9209
5 5 Whys 22371
6 5S Program 8290
7 ABC Analysis 34408
8 ABC Inventory Control 17299
9 Abnormal Demand 24397
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7686
11 Activity Analysis 11526
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14653
13 Actual Demand 11235
14 Aggregate Planning 12262
15 Air Cargo 10113
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6675
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34903
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15352
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19327
20 Assembly Line 22515
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23010
22 Average Speed of Answer 26584
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23190
24 Batch Production 38461
25 Bill Discounting 14577
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11263
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7174
28 Blanket Release 10050
29 Bonded Warehouse 10085
30 Booking Number 13844
31 Bottleneck 9556
32 Buffer Stock 59367
33 Build to Stock 13047
34 Bullwhip Effect 9702
35 Business Logistics 25797
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12591
37 Capacity Management 40646
38 Capacity Utilization 14138
39 Capital Intensive 8445
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8779
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12169
42 Certified Supplier 8982
43 Channel Effectiveness 8953
44 Co-Destiny 9326
45 Co-managed Inventory 12596
46 Co-Packers 11805
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6905
48 Computer-Based Training 7711
49 Consular Invoice 19840
50 Container Depot 10630
51 Container Freight Station 10300
52 Continuous Replenishment 19596
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12110
54 Contract Carrier 7335
55 Contract of Affreightment 11442
56 Control Charts 7981
57 Cost Flow 10298
58 Courier Service 15280
59 CPFR 8249
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11829
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44227
62 Date Code 18278
63 Days of Supply 19872
64 Dead on Arrival 9355
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7332
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8141
67 Detective Control 8931
68 Devanning 14239
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10993
70 Dispatching 24577
71 Distributed Inventory 8379
72 Distribution Channel Management 34825
73 Distribution Metrics 9158
74 Distribution Planning 24235
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15256
76 Double Marginalization 52806
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22421
78 Dual 5461
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20642
80 Echelon Inventory 26244
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38302
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49814
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25543
85 Engineer-to-Order 31805
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16574
87 Erlang B Formula 9370
88 ETD 8350
89 Ex Works 7856
90 Exception Rate 13527
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10108
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9542
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10575
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8809
97 Fishbone Diagram 14639
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27100
99 Flow Through Distribution 12345
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8203
 
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