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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 9938
2 3D Loading 6307
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21401
4 5 Point Annual Average 8941
5 5 Whys 22077
6 5S Program 8024
7 ABC Analysis 33605
8 ABC Inventory Control 16968
9 Abnormal Demand 24024
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7413
11 Activity Analysis 11218
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13929
13 Actual Demand 10883
14 Aggregate Planning 11805
15 Air Cargo 9743
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6368
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34452
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15146
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18812
20 Assembly Line 21327
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22587
22 Average Speed of Answer 26313
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22533
24 Batch Production 37456
25 Bill Discounting 14020
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10739
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6864
28 Blanket Release 9703
29 Bonded Warehouse 9794
30 Booking Number 13330
31 Bottleneck 9134
32 Buffer Stock 58118
33 Build to Stock 12652
34 Bullwhip Effect 9217
35 Business Logistics 24974
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12270
37 Capacity Management 39280
38 Capacity Utilization 13687
39 Capital Intensive 8030
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8293
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11775
42 Certified Supplier 8775
43 Channel Effectiveness 8734
44 Co-Destiny 8996
45 Co-managed Inventory 12136
46 Co-Packers 11506
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6565
48 Computer-Based Training 7454
49 Consular Invoice 19233
50 Container Depot 10303
51 Container Freight Station 10088
52 Continuous Replenishment 19142
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11762
54 Contract Carrier 7175
55 Contract of Affreightment 11149
56 Control Charts 7715
57 Cost Flow 10024
58 Courier Service 14766
59 CPFR 7952
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11478
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43168
62 Date Code 17665
63 Days of Supply 19398
64 Dead on Arrival 8870
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7050
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7812
67 Detective Control 8666
68 Devanning 13948
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10551
70 Dispatching 23523
71 Distributed Inventory 8139
72 Distribution Channel Management 33932
73 Distribution Metrics 8648
74 Distribution Planning 23839
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14790
76 Double Marginalization 52106
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21945
78 Dual 5223
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20270
80 Echelon Inventory 25814
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37902
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48703
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7371
84 Efficient Frontier 24884
85 Engineer-to-Order 31189
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15854
87 Erlang B Formula 9044
88 ETD 8051
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13088
91 Exponential smoothing 9576
92 External Growth 9785
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9171
94 Field Services 7565
95 Field Warehouse 9642
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8369
97 Fishbone Diagram 14261
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26454
99 Flow Through Distribution 11997
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7882
 
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