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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 10599
2 3D Loading 6633
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21946
4 5 Point Annual Average 9299
5 5 Whys 22464
6 5S Program 8370
7 ABC Analysis 34672
8 ABC Inventory Control 17435
9 Abnormal Demand 24507
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7777
11 Activity Analysis 11623
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14911
13 Actual Demand 11304
14 Aggregate Planning 12354
15 Air Cargo 10256
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6757
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35022
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15426
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19452
20 Assembly Line 22808
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23141
22 Average Speed of Answer 26674
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23369
24 Batch Production 38736
25 Bill Discounting 14704
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11389
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7263
28 Blanket Release 10146
29 Bonded Warehouse 10177
30 Booking Number 14012
31 Bottleneck 9683
32 Buffer Stock 59633
33 Build to Stock 13135
34 Bullwhip Effect 9830
35 Business Logistics 26016
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12692
37 Capacity Management 41066
38 Capacity Utilization 14276
39 Capital Intensive 8570
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8923
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12274
42 Certified Supplier 9054
43 Channel Effectiveness 9043
44 Co-Destiny 9423
45 Co-managed Inventory 12709
46 Co-Packers 11900
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6999
48 Computer-Based Training 7789
49 Consular Invoice 20001
50 Container Depot 10715
51 Container Freight Station 10367
52 Continuous Replenishment 19703
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12201
54 Contract Carrier 7389
55 Contract of Affreightment 11537
56 Control Charts 8052
57 Cost Flow 10397
58 Courier Service 15395
59 CPFR 8329
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11924
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44505
62 Date Code 18508
63 Days of Supply 20001
64 Dead on Arrival 9478
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7413
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8241
67 Detective Control 9031
68 Devanning 14334
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11096
70 Dispatching 24779
71 Distributed Inventory 8462
72 Distribution Channel Management 35109
73 Distribution Metrics 9303
74 Distribution Planning 24364
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15403
76 Double Marginalization 52991
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22549
78 Dual 5517
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20751
80 Echelon Inventory 26412
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38433
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50130
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7726
84 Efficient Frontier 25713
85 Engineer-to-Order 31953
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16773
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8433
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13657
91 Exponential smoothing 9930
92 External Growth 10215
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9640
94 Field Services 7821
95 Field Warehouse 10938
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8954
97 Fishbone Diagram 14748
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27298
99 Flow Through Distribution 12463
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8312
 
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