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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 9971
2 3D Loading 6329
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21427
4 5 Point Annual Average 8962
5 5 Whys 22108
6 5S Program 8041
7 ABC Analysis 33665
8 ABC Inventory Control 16991
9 Abnormal Demand 24054
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7431
11 Activity Analysis 11236
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13978
13 Actual Demand 10919
14 Aggregate Planning 11842
15 Air Cargo 9777
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6387
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34487
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15164
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18843
20 Assembly Line 21408
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22609
22 Average Speed of Answer 26325
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22579
24 Batch Production 37534
25 Bill Discounting 14062
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10769
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6885
28 Blanket Release 9725
29 Bonded Warehouse 9818
30 Booking Number 13366
31 Bottleneck 9173
32 Buffer Stock 58210
33 Build to Stock 12681
34 Bullwhip Effect 9240
35 Business Logistics 25032
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12289
37 Capacity Management 39403
38 Capacity Utilization 13724
39 Capital Intensive 8060
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8333
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11804
42 Certified Supplier 8790
43 Channel Effectiveness 8755
44 Co-Destiny 9019
45 Co-managed Inventory 12163
46 Co-Packers 11528
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6589
48 Computer-Based Training 7472
49 Consular Invoice 19281
50 Container Depot 10329
51 Container Freight Station 10106
52 Continuous Replenishment 19164
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11789
54 Contract Carrier 7189
55 Contract of Affreightment 11165
56 Control Charts 7735
57 Cost Flow 10041
58 Courier Service 14813
59 CPFR 7980
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11506
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43256
62 Date Code 17707
63 Days of Supply 19440
64 Dead on Arrival 8905
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7066
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7835
67 Detective Control 8678
68 Devanning 13969
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10574
70 Dispatching 23589
71 Distributed Inventory 8154
72 Distribution Channel Management 33999
73 Distribution Metrics 8686
74 Distribution Planning 23880
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14824
76 Double Marginalization 52153
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21971
78 Dual 5245
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20285
80 Echelon Inventory 25842
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37934
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48798
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7393
84 Efficient Frontier 24930
85 Engineer-to-Order 31227
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15910
87 Erlang B Formula 9074
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13118
91 Exponential smoothing 9594
92 External Growth 9809
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9669
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8402
97 Fishbone Diagram 14287
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26489
99 Flow Through Distribution 12023
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
 
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