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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 10440
2 3D Loading 6542
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21803
4 5 Point Annual Average 9197
5 5 Whys 22355
6 5S Program 8278
7 ABC Analysis 34354
8 ABC Inventory Control 17276
9 Abnormal Demand 24373
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7674
11 Activity Analysis 11503
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14616
13 Actual Demand 11218
14 Aggregate Planning 12244
15 Air Cargo 10085
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6662
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34878
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15340
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19312
20 Assembly Line 22447
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22987
22 Average Speed of Answer 26572
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23150
24 Batch Production 38407
25 Bill Discounting 14543
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11240
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7160
28 Blanket Release 10028
29 Bonded Warehouse 10073
30 Booking Number 13804
31 Bottleneck 9532
32 Buffer Stock 59282
33 Build to Stock 13029
34 Bullwhip Effect 9686
35 Business Logistics 25757
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12580
37 Capacity Management 40559
38 Capacity Utilization 14119
39 Capital Intensive 8421
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8754
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12144
42 Certified Supplier 8973
43 Channel Effectiveness 8938
44 Co-Destiny 9311
45 Co-managed Inventory 12572
46 Co-Packers 11787
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6887
48 Computer-Based Training 7699
49 Consular Invoice 19804
50 Container Depot 10618
51 Container Freight Station 10287
52 Continuous Replenishment 19571
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12089
54 Contract Carrier 7324
55 Contract of Affreightment 11428
56 Control Charts 7972
57 Cost Flow 10283
58 Courier Service 15250
59 CPFR 8233
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11812
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44182
62 Date Code 18250
63 Days of Supply 19850
64 Dead on Arrival 9334
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7319
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8118
67 Detective Control 8922
68 Devanning 14221
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10971
70 Dispatching 24537
71 Distributed Inventory 8364
72 Distribution Channel Management 34773
73 Distribution Metrics 9128
74 Distribution Planning 24212
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15226
76 Double Marginalization 52763
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22393
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20625
80 Echelon Inventory 26219
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38284
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49764
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7626
84 Efficient Frontier 25501
85 Engineer-to-Order 31764
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16537
87 Erlang B Formula 9355
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7843
90 Exception Rate 13505
91 Exponential smoothing 9837
92 External Growth 10087
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9529
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10497
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8779
97 Fishbone Diagram 14619
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27052
99 Flow Through Distribution 12319
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8188
 
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