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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 10191
2 3D Loading 6426
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21606
4 5 Point Annual Average 9085
5 5 Whys 22228
6 5S Program 8156
7 ABC Analysis 33982
8 ABC Inventory Control 17107
9 Abnormal Demand 24203
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7549
11 Activity Analysis 11359
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14248
13 Actual Demand 11072
14 Aggregate Planning 12007
15 Air Cargo 9917
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6533
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34672
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15248
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19033
20 Assembly Line 21914
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22787
22 Average Speed of Answer 26447
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22871
24 Batch Production 37938
25 Bill Discounting 14309
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11002
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7015
28 Blanket Release 9870
29 Bonded Warehouse 9948
30 Booking Number 13580
31 Bottleneck 9352
32 Buffer Stock 58721
33 Build to Stock 12807
34 Bullwhip Effect 9417
35 Business Logistics 25350
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12424
37 Capacity Management 39992
38 Capacity Utilization 13915
39 Capital Intensive 8234
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8535
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11969
42 Certified Supplier 8875
43 Channel Effectiveness 8836
44 Co-Destiny 9148
45 Co-managed Inventory 12315
46 Co-Packers 11638
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6732
48 Computer-Based Training 7582
49 Consular Invoice 19516
50 Container Depot 10478
51 Container Freight Station 10202
52 Continuous Replenishment 19324
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11935
54 Contract Carrier 7255
55 Contract of Affreightment 11287
56 Control Charts 7852
57 Cost Flow 10153
58 Courier Service 15042
59 CPFR 8100
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11646
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43751
62 Date Code 17992
63 Days of Supply 19652
64 Dead on Arrival 9071
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7187
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7979
67 Detective Control 8785
68 Devanning 14096
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10725
70 Dispatching 24065
71 Distributed Inventory 8248
72 Distribution Channel Management 34390
73 Distribution Metrics 8907
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15020
76 Double Marginalization 52407
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22133
78 Dual 5351
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20440
80 Echelon Inventory 25982
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38097
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49258
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7503
84 Efficient Frontier 25217
85 Engineer-to-Order 31496
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16174
87 Erlang B Formula 9219
88 ETD 8202
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13303
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9932
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9812
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8597
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26766
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
 
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