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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 10405
2 3D Loading 6532
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21785
4 5 Point Annual Average 9187
5 5 Whys 22340
6 5S Program 8268
7 ABC Analysis 34321
8 ABC Inventory Control 17261
9 Abnormal Demand 24360
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7665
11 Activity Analysis 11487
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14584
13 Actual Demand 11205
14 Aggregate Planning 12231
15 Air Cargo 10073
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6649
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34864
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15335
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19288
20 Assembly Line 22404
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22969
22 Average Speed of Answer 26560
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23114
24 Batch Production 38370
25 Bill Discounting 14523
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11225
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7144
28 Blanket Release 10013
29 Bonded Warehouse 10060
30 Booking Number 13783
31 Bottleneck 9516
32 Buffer Stock 59234
33 Build to Stock 13015
34 Bullwhip Effect 9671
35 Business Logistics 25720
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12568
37 Capacity Management 40505
38 Capacity Utilization 14103
39 Capital Intensive 8409
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8733
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12129
42 Certified Supplier 8967
43 Channel Effectiveness 8927
44 Co-Destiny 9297
45 Co-managed Inventory 12559
46 Co-Packers 11769
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6870
48 Computer-Based Training 7691
49 Consular Invoice 19778
50 Container Depot 10607
51 Container Freight Station 10275
52 Continuous Replenishment 19557
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12075
54 Contract Carrier 7319
55 Contract of Affreightment 11413
56 Control Charts 7961
57 Cost Flow 10273
58 Courier Service 15230
59 CPFR 8220
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11797
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44140
62 Date Code 18223
63 Days of Supply 19835
64 Dead on Arrival 9319
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7308
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8104
67 Detective Control 8909
68 Devanning 14207
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10951
70 Dispatching 24508
71 Distributed Inventory 8354
72 Distribution Channel Management 34735
73 Distribution Metrics 9112
74 Distribution Planning 24199
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15209
76 Double Marginalization 52722
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22376
78 Dual 5440
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26202
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49716
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25477
85 Engineer-to-Order 31735
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16509
87 Erlang B Formula 9344
88 ETD 8328
89 Ex Works 7834
90 Exception Rate 13490
91 Exponential smoothing 9829
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9512
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10445
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27025
99 Flow Through Distribution 12306
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
 
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