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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 10280
2 3D Loading 6489
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21713
4 5 Point Annual Average 9139
5 5 Whys 22284
6 5S Program 8223
7 ABC Analysis 34175
8 ABC Inventory Control 17196
9 Abnormal Demand 24291
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7617
11 Activity Analysis 11431
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14426
13 Actual Demand 11153
14 Aggregate Planning 12078
15 Air Cargo 10010
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6594
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34773
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15297
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19123
20 Assembly Line 22193
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22901
22 Average Speed of Answer 26509
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23007
24 Batch Production 38202
25 Bill Discounting 14426
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11128
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7093
28 Blanket Release 9953
29 Bonded Warehouse 10016
30 Booking Number 13693
31 Bottleneck 9441
32 Buffer Stock 59045
33 Build to Stock 12875
34 Bullwhip Effect 9505
35 Business Logistics 25512
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12506
37 Capacity Management 40285
38 Capacity Utilization 14018
39 Capital Intensive 8333
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8641
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12054
42 Certified Supplier 8930
43 Channel Effectiveness 8882
44 Co-Destiny 9231
45 Co-managed Inventory 12401
46 Co-Packers 11710
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6800
48 Computer-Based Training 7644
49 Consular Invoice 19656
50 Container Depot 10554
51 Container Freight Station 10237
52 Continuous Replenishment 19405
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12014
54 Contract Carrier 7292
55 Contract of Affreightment 11356
56 Control Charts 7912
57 Cost Flow 10214
58 Courier Service 15153
59 CPFR 8166
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11727
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43989
62 Date Code 18119
63 Days of Supply 19748
64 Dead on Arrival 9168
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7257
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8049
67 Detective Control 8861
68 Devanning 14164
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10809
70 Dispatching 24341
71 Distributed Inventory 8302
72 Distribution Channel Management 34566
73 Distribution Metrics 9024
74 Distribution Planning 24127
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15131
76 Double Marginalization 52546
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22220
78 Dual 5401
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20531
80 Echelon Inventory 26105
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38191
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49498
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7563
84 Efficient Frontier 25364
85 Engineer-to-Order 31631
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16316
87 Erlang B Formula 9296
88 ETD 8276
89 Ex Works 7791
90 Exception Rate 13406
91 Exponential smoothing 9778
92 External Growth 10011
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10192
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8695
97 Fishbone Diagram 14544
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26906
99 Flow Through Distribution 12250
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
 
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