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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 10213
2 3D Loading 6439
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21627
4 5 Point Annual Average 9093
5 5 Whys 22238
6 5S Program 8167
7 ABC Analysis 34017
8 ABC Inventory Control 17124
9 Abnormal Demand 24218
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7562
11 Activity Analysis 11373
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14275
13 Actual Demand 11083
14 Aggregate Planning 12023
15 Air Cargo 9935
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6542
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34691
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15262
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19049
20 Assembly Line 21961
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22806
22 Average Speed of Answer 26460
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22893
24 Batch Production 37980
25 Bill Discounting 14328
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11028
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7032
28 Blanket Release 9888
29 Bonded Warehouse 9961
30 Booking Number 13602
31 Bottleneck 9367
32 Buffer Stock 58771
33 Build to Stock 12820
34 Bullwhip Effect 9429
35 Business Logistics 25373
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12444
37 Capacity Management 40052
38 Capacity Utilization 13929
39 Capital Intensive 8254
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8557
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11982
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8846
44 Co-Destiny 9162
45 Co-managed Inventory 12332
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6740
48 Computer-Based Training 7590
49 Consular Invoice 19539
50 Container Depot 10495
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19339
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11948
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11302
56 Control Charts 7864
57 Cost Flow 10166
58 Courier Service 15065
59 CPFR 8117
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11661
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43787
62 Date Code 18019
63 Days of Supply 19670
64 Dead on Arrival 9087
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7200
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7989
67 Detective Control 8798
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10740
70 Dispatching 24123
71 Distributed Inventory 8256
72 Distribution Channel Management 34410
73 Distribution Metrics 8929
74 Distribution Planning 24053
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15040
76 Double Marginalization 52430
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22147
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20456
80 Echelon Inventory 26002
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49305
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7512
84 Efficient Frontier 25242
85 Engineer-to-Order 31520
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16199
87 Erlang B Formula 9231
88 ETD 8214
89 Ex Works 7753
90 Exception Rate 13322
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9320
94 Field Services 7661
95 Field Warehouse 9855
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8615
97 Fishbone Diagram 14480
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26791
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8051
 
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