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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 10270
2 3D Loading 6483
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21698
4 5 Point Annual Average 9131
5 5 Whys 22278
6 5S Program 8218
7 ABC Analysis 34145
8 ABC Inventory Control 17186
9 Abnormal Demand 24283
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7611
11 Activity Analysis 11423
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14403
13 Actual Demand 11143
14 Aggregate Planning 12072
15 Air Cargo 10001
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6586
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34759
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15296
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19111
20 Assembly Line 22162
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22888
22 Average Speed of Answer 26505
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22987
24 Batch Production 38169
25 Bill Discounting 14411
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11118
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7083
28 Blanket Release 9941
29 Bonded Warehouse 10008
30 Booking Number 13678
31 Bottleneck 9433
32 Buffer Stock 59011
33 Build to Stock 12869
34 Bullwhip Effect 9496
35 Business Logistics 25490
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12499
37 Capacity Management 40243
38 Capacity Utilization 14004
39 Capital Intensive 8326
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8629
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12049
42 Certified Supplier 8925
43 Channel Effectiveness 8880
44 Co-Destiny 9218
45 Co-managed Inventory 12394
46 Co-Packers 11702
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6796
48 Computer-Based Training 7638
49 Consular Invoice 19640
50 Container Depot 10547
51 Container Freight Station 10234
52 Continuous Replenishment 19394
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12006
54 Contract Carrier 7290
55 Contract of Affreightment 11347
56 Control Charts 7905
57 Cost Flow 10207
58 Courier Service 15136
59 CPFR 8159
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11719
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43959
62 Date Code 18105
63 Days of Supply 19737
64 Dead on Arrival 9152
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7249
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8043
67 Detective Control 8853
68 Devanning 14155
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10799
70 Dispatching 24316
71 Distributed Inventory 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34543
73 Distribution Metrics 9016
74 Distribution Planning 24116
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15120
76 Double Marginalization 52527
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22210
78 Dual 5394
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20524
80 Echelon Inventory 26090
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38180
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49475
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7558
84 Efficient Frontier 25346
85 Engineer-to-Order 31616
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16302
87 Erlang B Formula 9285
88 ETD 8269
89 Ex Works 7789
90 Exception Rate 13400
91 Exponential smoothing 9771
92 External Growth 10000
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9365
94 Field Services 7700
95 Field Warehouse 10139
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8685
97 Fishbone Diagram 14531
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26885
99 Flow Through Distribution 12242
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
 
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