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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 10251
2 3D Loading 6467
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21671
4 5 Point Annual Average 9118
5 5 Whys 22265
6 5S Program 8203
7 ABC Analysis 34102
8 ABC Inventory Control 17166
9 Abnormal Demand 24255
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7595
11 Activity Analysis 11406
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14369
13 Actual Demand 11123
14 Aggregate Planning 12055
15 Air Cargo 9982
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6572
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34735
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19090
20 Assembly Line 22100
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22865
22 Average Speed of Answer 26490
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22953
24 Batch Production 38099
25 Bill Discounting 14380
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11093
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7064
28 Blanket Release 9924
29 Bonded Warehouse 9990
30 Booking Number 13653
31 Bottleneck 9413
32 Buffer Stock 58931
33 Build to Stock 12852
34 Bullwhip Effect 9474
35 Business Logistics 25454
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12475
37 Capacity Management 40179
38 Capacity Utilization 13978
39 Capital Intensive 8297
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8610
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8910
43 Channel Effectiveness 8865
44 Co-Destiny 9202
45 Co-managed Inventory 12375
46 Co-Packers 11683
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6778
48 Computer-Based Training 7623
49 Consular Invoice 19607
50 Container Depot 10531
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19380
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11986
54 Contract Carrier 7279
55 Contract of Affreightment 11332
56 Control Charts 7894
57 Cost Flow 10189
58 Courier Service 15109
59 CPFR 8145
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11700
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43908
62 Date Code 18075
63 Days of Supply 19708
64 Dead on Arrival 9132
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7232
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8019
67 Detective Control 8838
68 Devanning 14138
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10778
70 Dispatching 24263
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34512
73 Distribution Metrics 8985
74 Distribution Planning 24094
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15094
76 Double Marginalization 52495
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22190
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20498
80 Echelon Inventory 26061
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38159
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49430
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25306
85 Engineer-to-Order 31585
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16270
87 Erlang B Formula 9268
88 ETD 8257
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13372
91 Exponential smoothing 9758
92 External Growth 9981
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9350
94 Field Services 7690
95 Field Warehouse 10033
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8661
97 Fishbone Diagram 14513
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26857
99 Flow Through Distribution 12223
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8086
 
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