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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 10348
2 3D Loading 6516
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21764
4 5 Point Annual Average 9175
5 5 Whys 22324
6 5S Program 8253
7 ABC Analysis 34280
8 ABC Inventory Control 17241
9 Abnormal Demand 24339
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7649
11 Activity Analysis 11473
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14536
13 Actual Demand 11191
14 Aggregate Planning 12140
15 Air Cargo 10054
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6633
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34840
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15323
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19199
20 Assembly Line 22329
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22948
22 Average Speed of Answer 26548
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23086
24 Batch Production 38317
25 Bill Discounting 14501
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11196
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7128
28 Blanket Release 9990
29 Bonded Warehouse 10048
30 Booking Number 13754
31 Bottleneck 9492
32 Buffer Stock 59170
33 Build to Stock 12930
34 Bullwhip Effect 9580
35 Business Logistics 25623
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12551
37 Capacity Management 40423
38 Capacity Utilization 14080
39 Capital Intensive 8387
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8711
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12106
42 Certified Supplier 8956
43 Channel Effectiveness 8913
44 Co-Destiny 9278
45 Co-managed Inventory 12472
46 Co-Packers 11750
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6849
48 Computer-Based Training 7678
49 Consular Invoice 19743
50 Container Depot 10590
51 Container Freight Station 10264
52 Continuous Replenishment 19466
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12058
54 Contract Carrier 7309
55 Contract of Affreightment 11397
56 Control Charts 7948
57 Cost Flow 10252
58 Courier Service 15208
59 CPFR 8200
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11774
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44095
62 Date Code 18190
63 Days of Supply 19805
64 Dead on Arrival 9233
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7295
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8085
67 Detective Control 8891
68 Devanning 14196
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10863
70 Dispatching 24460
71 Distributed Inventory 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34678
73 Distribution Metrics 9089
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52630
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22288
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20581
80 Echelon Inventory 26176
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38240
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49656
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7599
84 Efficient Frontier 25439
85 Engineer-to-Order 31708
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16412
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13466
91 Exponential smoothing 9814
92 External Growth 10054
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9427
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10390
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14585
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26990
99 Flow Through Distribution 12292
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8159
 
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