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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 10552
2 3D Loading 6612
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21910
4 5 Point Annual Average 9271
5 5 Whys 22432
6 5S Program 8343
7 ABC Analysis 34582
8 ABC Inventory Control 17395
9 Abnormal Demand 24467
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7742
11 Activity Analysis 11587
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14813
13 Actual Demand 11275
14 Aggregate Planning 12319
15 Air Cargo 10203
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6728
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34979
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15394
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19399
20 Assembly Line 22714
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23098
22 Average Speed of Answer 26637
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23301
24 Batch Production 38632
25 Bill Discounting 14667
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11347
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7230
28 Blanket Release 10114
29 Bonded Warehouse 10146
30 Booking Number 13945
31 Bottleneck 9642
32 Buffer Stock 59547
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9786
35 Business Logistics 25942
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12655
37 Capacity Management 40926
38 Capacity Utilization 14223
39 Capital Intensive 8532
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8876
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12230
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12661
46 Co-Packers 11864
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6970
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19950
50 Container Depot 10684
51 Container Freight Station 10338
52 Continuous Replenishment 19660
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12170
54 Contract Carrier 7367
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8031
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15358
59 CPFR 8302
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11896
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44390
62 Date Code 18413
63 Days of Supply 19960
64 Dead on Arrival 9439
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7384
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8205
67 Detective Control 8996
68 Devanning 14306
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11062
70 Dispatching 24710
71 Distributed Inventory 8435
72 Distribution Channel Management 35028
73 Distribution Metrics 9257
74 Distribution Planning 24319
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15355
76 Double Marginalization 52932
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22504
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20720
80 Echelon Inventory 26333
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38378
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50026
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7694
84 Efficient Frontier 25644
85 Engineer-to-Order 31901
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16693
87 Erlang B Formula 9428
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7897
90 Exception Rate 13615
91 Exponential smoothing 9903
92 External Growth 10177
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9605
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10812
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8901
97 Fishbone Diagram 14706
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27238
99 Flow Through Distribution 12418
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
 
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