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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 10846
2 3D Loading 6750
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22146
4 5 Point Annual Average 9482
5 5 Whys 22646
6 5S Program 8495
7 ABC Analysis 35038
8 ABC Inventory Control 17662
9 Abnormal Demand 24704
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7930
11 Activity Analysis 11789
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15427
13 Actual Demand 11482
14 Aggregate Planning 12526
15 Air Cargo 10459
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6897
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35266
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15572
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19682
20 Assembly Line 23350
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23339
22 Average Speed of Answer 26845
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23637
24 Batch Production 39146
25 Bill Discounting 14960
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11634
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7412
28 Blanket Release 10331
29 Bonded Warehouse 10335
30 Booking Number 14304
31 Bottleneck 9921
32 Buffer Stock 60081
33 Build to Stock 13328
34 Bullwhip Effect 10050
35 Business Logistics 26356
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12834
37 Capacity Management 41887
38 Capacity Utilization 14567
39 Capital Intensive 8778
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9195
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12478
42 Certified Supplier 9187
43 Channel Effectiveness 9195
44 Co-Destiny 9569
45 Co-managed Inventory 12920
46 Co-Packers 12047
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7200
48 Computer-Based Training 7925
49 Consular Invoice 20337
50 Container Depot 10848
51 Container Freight Station 10509
52 Continuous Replenishment 19906
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12390
54 Contract Carrier 7495
55 Contract of Affreightment 11706
56 Control Charts 8244
57 Cost Flow 10558
58 Courier Service 15569
59 CPFR 8474
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12112
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45044
62 Date Code 18876
63 Days of Supply 20201
64 Dead on Arrival 9670
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7562
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8421
67 Detective Control 9218
68 Devanning 14513
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11297
70 Dispatching 25246
71 Distributed Inventory 8600
72 Distribution Channel Management 35547
73 Distribution Metrics 9557
74 Distribution Planning 24597
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15646
76 Double Marginalization 53322
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22785
78 Dual 5658
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20924
80 Echelon Inventory 26736
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38723
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50704
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7873
84 Efficient Frontier 26015
85 Engineer-to-Order 32282
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17119
87 Erlang B Formula 9627
88 ETD 8572
89 Ex Works 8054
90 Exception Rate 13873
91 Exponential smoothing 10068
92 External Growth 10391
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9864
94 Field Services 7970
95 Field Warehouse 11796
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9255
97 Fishbone Diagram 14953
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27678
99 Flow Through Distribution 12677
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8497
 
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