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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 10137
2 3D Loading 6401
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21551
4 5 Point Annual Average 9050
5 5 Whys 22196
6 5S Program 8122
7 ABC Analysis 33891
8 ABC Inventory Control 17071
9 Abnormal Demand 24163
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7518
11 Activity Analysis 11322
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14168
13 Actual Demand 11033
14 Aggregate Planning 11968
15 Air Cargo 9879
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6489
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34627
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15222
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18988
20 Assembly Line 21784
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22736
22 Average Speed of Answer 26415
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22795
24 Batch Production 37828
25 Bill Discounting 14233
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10935
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6977
28 Blanket Release 9824
29 Bonded Warehouse 9915
30 Booking Number 13509
31 Bottleneck 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58599
33 Build to Stock 12776
34 Bullwhip Effect 9365
35 Business Logistics 25255
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12384
37 Capacity Management 39861
38 Capacity Utilization 13868
39 Capital Intensive 8190
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8481
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8852
43 Channel Effectiveness 8812
44 Co-Destiny 9104
45 Co-managed Inventory 12277
46 Co-Packers 11604
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6686
48 Computer-Based Training 7550
49 Consular Invoice 19444
50 Container Depot 10441
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11903
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11259
56 Control Charts 7817
57 Cost Flow 10128
58 Courier Service 14992
59 CPFR 8069
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11608
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43645
62 Date Code 17904
63 Days of Supply 19592
64 Dead on Arrival 9031
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7932
67 Detective Control 8754
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10681
70 Dispatching 23933
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34279
73 Distribution Metrics 8850
74 Distribution Planning 23994
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14969
76 Double Marginalization 52350
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5328
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25944
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38055
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7467
84 Efficient Frontier 25142
85 Engineer-to-Order 31419
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16099
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8161
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13247
91 Exponential smoothing 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8548
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26690
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8005
 
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