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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 10208
2 3D Loading 6436
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21626
4 5 Point Annual Average 9093
5 5 Whys 22235
6 5S Program 8164
7 ABC Analysis 34012
8 ABC Inventory Control 17122
9 Abnormal Demand 24214
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7561
11 Activity Analysis 11370
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14269
13 Actual Demand 11081
14 Aggregate Planning 12020
15 Air Cargo 9932
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6541
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34688
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15260
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19045
20 Assembly Line 21954
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22802
22 Average Speed of Answer 26457
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22891
24 Batch Production 37970
25 Bill Discounting 14327
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11023
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7029
28 Blanket Release 9882
29 Bonded Warehouse 9958
30 Booking Number 13597
31 Bottleneck 9361
32 Buffer Stock 58756
33 Build to Stock 12819
34 Bullwhip Effect 9427
35 Business Logistics 25369
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12440
37 Capacity Management 40039
38 Capacity Utilization 13928
39 Capital Intensive 8249
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8553
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11981
42 Certified Supplier 8885
43 Channel Effectiveness 8844
44 Co-Destiny 9159
45 Co-managed Inventory 12329
46 Co-Packers 11649
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7589
49 Consular Invoice 19535
50 Container Depot 10492
51 Container Freight Station 10206
52 Continuous Replenishment 19334
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11946
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11300
56 Control Charts 7860
57 Cost Flow 10163
58 Courier Service 15062
59 CPFR 8112
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11659
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43779
62 Date Code 18014
63 Days of Supply 19668
64 Dead on Arrival 9085
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7198
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7985
67 Detective Control 8796
68 Devanning 14111
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10739
70 Dispatching 24106
71 Distributed Inventory 8254
72 Distribution Channel Management 34405
73 Distribution Metrics 8925
74 Distribution Planning 24049
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15036
76 Double Marginalization 52425
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22146
78 Dual 5362
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20451
80 Echelon Inventory 26000
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38112
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49292
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7511
84 Efficient Frontier 25234
85 Engineer-to-Order 31516
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16196
87 Erlang B Formula 9228
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7750
90 Exception Rate 13318
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9943
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7660
95 Field Warehouse 9843
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8612
97 Fishbone Diagram 14475
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26788
99 Flow Through Distribution 12175
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8048
 
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