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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 10390
2 3D Loading 6528
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21776
4 5 Point Annual Average 9183
5 5 Whys 22333
6 5S Program 8264
7 ABC Analysis 34301
8 ABC Inventory Control 17254
9 Abnormal Demand 24354
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7658
11 Activity Analysis 11485
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14571
13 Actual Demand 11201
14 Aggregate Planning 12200
15 Air Cargo 10068
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6646
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34855
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15330
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19257
20 Assembly Line 22377
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22962
22 Average Speed of Answer 26557
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23106
24 Batch Production 38346
25 Bill Discounting 14515
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11217
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7139
28 Blanket Release 10007
29 Bonded Warehouse 10055
30 Booking Number 13774
31 Bottleneck 9512
32 Buffer Stock 59209
33 Build to Stock 12984
34 Bullwhip Effect 9639
35 Business Logistics 25687
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12565
37 Capacity Management 40473
38 Capacity Utilization 14092
39 Capital Intensive 8403
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8725
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12123
42 Certified Supplier 8963
43 Channel Effectiveness 8923
44 Co-Destiny 9291
45 Co-managed Inventory 12529
46 Co-Packers 11761
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6865
48 Computer-Based Training 7687
49 Consular Invoice 19763
50 Container Depot 10602
51 Container Freight Station 10272
52 Continuous Replenishment 19524
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12074
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11406
56 Control Charts 7958
57 Cost Flow 10265
58 Courier Service 15223
59 CPFR 8214
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11791
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44129
62 Date Code 18211
63 Days of Supply 19826
64 Dead on Arrival 9291
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7305
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8100
67 Detective Control 8903
68 Devanning 14205
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10922
70 Dispatching 24486
71 Distributed Inventory 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34716
73 Distribution Metrics 9102
74 Distribution Planning 24189
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15204
76 Double Marginalization 52689
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22345
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20598
80 Echelon Inventory 26193
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49694
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25463
85 Engineer-to-Order 31725
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16473
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13481
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9480
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10424
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8750
97 Fishbone Diagram 14600
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27012
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8168
 
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