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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 10363
2 3D Loading 6522
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21769
4 5 Point Annual Average 9180
5 5 Whys 22328
6 5S Program 8256
7 ABC Analysis 34289
8 ABC Inventory Control 17245
9 Abnormal Demand 24345
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7651
11 Activity Analysis 11478
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14549
13 Actual Demand 11196
14 Aggregate Planning 12159
15 Air Cargo 10057
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6638
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34845
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15327
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19216
20 Assembly Line 22348
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22954
22 Average Speed of Answer 26551
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23093
24 Batch Production 38330
25 Bill Discounting 14507
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11204
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7130
28 Blanket Release 9995
29 Bonded Warehouse 10050
30 Booking Number 13764
31 Bottleneck 9498
32 Buffer Stock 59181
33 Build to Stock 12948
34 Bullwhip Effect 9602
35 Business Logistics 25643
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12559
37 Capacity Management 40441
38 Capacity Utilization 14085
39 Capital Intensive 8392
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8716
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12112
42 Certified Supplier 8959
43 Channel Effectiveness 8917
44 Co-Destiny 9283
45 Co-managed Inventory 12492
46 Co-Packers 11753
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6858
48 Computer-Based Training 7682
49 Consular Invoice 19750
50 Container Depot 10595
51 Container Freight Station 10271
52 Continuous Replenishment 19483
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12063
54 Contract Carrier 7312
55 Contract of Affreightment 11401
56 Control Charts 7952
57 Cost Flow 10255
58 Courier Service 15213
59 CPFR 8207
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11781
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44106
62 Date Code 18198
63 Days of Supply 19809
64 Dead on Arrival 9253
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7299
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8090
67 Detective Control 8897
68 Devanning 14199
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10882
70 Dispatching 24466
71 Distributed Inventory 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34689
73 Distribution Metrics 9095
74 Distribution Planning 24178
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15196
76 Double Marginalization 52650
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22306
78 Dual 5433
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20588
80 Echelon Inventory 26182
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38244
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49670
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25443
85 Engineer-to-Order 31715
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16433
87 Erlang B Formula 9334
88 ETD 8318
89 Ex Works 7824
90 Exception Rate 13470
91 Exponential smoothing 9818
92 External Growth 10060
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9446
94 Field Services 7735
95 Field Warehouse 10399
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14589
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26997
99 Flow Through Distribution 12296
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8164
 
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