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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 9932
2 3D Loading 6300
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21396
4 5 Point Annual Average 8937
5 5 Whys 22071
6 5S Program 8021
7 ABC Analysis 33590
8 ABC Inventory Control 16960
9 Abnormal Demand 24010
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7409
11 Activity Analysis 11215
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13918
13 Actual Demand 10874
14 Aggregate Planning 11797
15 Air Cargo 9734
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6364
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34441
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15143
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18801
20 Assembly Line 21309
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22578
22 Average Speed of Answer 26310
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22516
24 Batch Production 37439
25 Bill Discounting 14006
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10729
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6863
28 Blanket Release 9697
29 Bonded Warehouse 9787
30 Booking Number 13319
31 Bottleneck 9128
32 Buffer Stock 58092
33 Build to Stock 12643
34 Bullwhip Effect 9209
35 Business Logistics 24952
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12269
37 Capacity Management 39249
38 Capacity Utilization 13678
39 Capital Intensive 8028
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8285
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11770
42 Certified Supplier 8773
43 Channel Effectiveness 8730
44 Co-Destiny 8993
45 Co-managed Inventory 12129
46 Co-Packers 11505
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6557
48 Computer-Based Training 7450
49 Consular Invoice 19219
50 Container Depot 10301
51 Container Freight Station 10084
52 Continuous Replenishment 19137
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11756
54 Contract Carrier 7174
55 Contract of Affreightment 11143
56 Control Charts 7712
57 Cost Flow 10021
58 Courier Service 14752
59 CPFR 7948
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11473
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43139
62 Date Code 17650
63 Days of Supply 19385
64 Dead on Arrival 8861
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7043
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7807
67 Detective Control 8663
68 Devanning 13943
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10544
70 Dispatching 23505
71 Distributed Inventory 8136
72 Distribution Channel Management 33911
73 Distribution Metrics 8644
74 Distribution Planning 23835
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14784
76 Double Marginalization 52087
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21940
78 Dual 5220
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20265
80 Echelon Inventory 25806
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37894
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48680
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7369
84 Efficient Frontier 24870
85 Engineer-to-Order 31177
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15837
87 Erlang B Formula 9041
88 ETD 8050
89 Ex Works 7648
90 Exception Rate 13080
91 Exponential smoothing 9572
92 External Growth 9778
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9168
94 Field Services 7563
95 Field Warehouse 9637
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8361
97 Fishbone Diagram 14253
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26441
99 Flow Through Distribution 11991
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7879
 
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