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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 10307
2 3D Loading 6500
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21733
4 5 Point Annual Average 9156
5 5 Whys 22299
6 5S Program 8233
7 ABC Analysis 34217
8 ABC Inventory Control 17212
9 Abnormal Demand 24313
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7629
11 Activity Analysis 11450
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14477
13 Actual Demand 11170
14 Aggregate Planning 12096
15 Air Cargo 10026
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6612
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34803
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15308
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19152
20 Assembly Line 22251
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22920
22 Average Speed of Answer 26525
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23044
24 Batch Production 38255
25 Bill Discounting 14463
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11151
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7107
28 Blanket Release 9968
29 Bonded Warehouse 10031
30 Booking Number 13717
31 Bottleneck 9458
32 Buffer Stock 59114
33 Build to Stock 12889
34 Bullwhip Effect 9537
35 Business Logistics 25560
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12530
37 Capacity Management 40350
38 Capacity Utilization 14050
39 Capital Intensive 8358
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8677
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12077
42 Certified Supplier 8938
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9252
45 Co-managed Inventory 12421
46 Co-Packers 11727
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6822
48 Computer-Based Training 7659
49 Consular Invoice 19695
50 Container Depot 10569
51 Container Freight Station 10248
52 Continuous Replenishment 19421
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12033
54 Contract Carrier 7299
55 Contract of Affreightment 11376
56 Control Charts 7928
57 Cost Flow 10227
58 Courier Service 15176
59 CPFR 8180
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11748
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44041
62 Date Code 18154
63 Days of Supply 19775
64 Dead on Arrival 9189
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7272
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8875
68 Devanning 14175
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10825
70 Dispatching 24394
71 Distributed Inventory 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34627
73 Distribution Metrics 9056
74 Distribution Planning 24148
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15161
76 Double Marginalization 52583
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22241
78 Dual 5414
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20559
80 Echelon Inventory 26140
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38208
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49567
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7575
84 Efficient Frontier 25396
85 Engineer-to-Order 31667
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16356
87 Erlang B Formula 9310
88 ETD 8292
89 Ex Works 7804
90 Exception Rate 13433
91 Exponential smoothing 9793
92 External Growth 10027
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9390
94 Field Services 7715
95 Field Warehouse 10303
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8713
97 Fishbone Diagram 14563
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26944
99 Flow Through Distribution 12269
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8131
 
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