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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 10074
2 3D Loading 6379
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21510
4 5 Point Annual Average 9019
5 5 Whys 22167
6 5S Program 8095
7 ABC Analysis 33822
8 ABC Inventory Control 17048
9 Abnormal Demand 24129
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7490
11 Activity Analysis 11295
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14111
13 Actual Demand 11006
14 Aggregate Planning 11931
15 Air Cargo 9848
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6453
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34587
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15205
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18945
20 Assembly Line 21653
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22698
22 Average Speed of Answer 26387
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22724
24 Batch Production 37737
25 Bill Discounting 14184
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10863
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6948
28 Blanket Release 9793
29 Bonded Warehouse 9883
30 Booking Number 13464
31 Bottleneck 9274
32 Buffer Stock 58475
33 Build to Stock 12749
34 Bullwhip Effect 9323
35 Business Logistics 25180
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12356
37 Capacity Management 39718
38 Capacity Utilization 13824
39 Capital Intensive 8145
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8427
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11886
42 Certified Supplier 8834
43 Channel Effectiveness 8795
44 Co-Destiny 9073
45 Co-managed Inventory 12241
46 Co-Packers 11579
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6660
48 Computer-Based Training 7530
49 Consular Invoice 19390
50 Container Depot 10404
51 Container Freight Station 10143
52 Continuous Replenishment 19243
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11865
54 Contract Carrier 7216
55 Contract of Affreightment 11217
56 Control Charts 7790
57 Cost Flow 10100
58 Courier Service 14936
59 CPFR 8040
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11577
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43508
62 Date Code 17832
63 Days of Supply 19543
64 Dead on Arrival 8990
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7119
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7902
67 Detective Control 8728
68 Devanning 14032
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10647
70 Dispatching 23798
71 Distributed Inventory 8199
72 Distribution Channel Management 34191
73 Distribution Metrics 8792
74 Distribution Planning 23955
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14925
76 Double Marginalization 52300
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22048
78 Dual 5309
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20357
80 Echelon Inventory 25906
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38013
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49043
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7445
84 Efficient Frontier 25071
85 Engineer-to-Order 31352
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16037
87 Erlang B Formula 9146
88 ETD 8124
89 Ex Works 7701
90 Exception Rate 13205
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9861
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9249
94 Field Services 7613
95 Field Warehouse 9732
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8505
97 Fishbone Diagram 14372
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26621
99 Flow Through Distribution 12097
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7974
 
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