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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 9529
2 3D Loading 6057
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21040
4 5 Point Annual Average 8656
5 5 Whys 21737
6 5S Program 7744
7 ABC Analysis 32632
8 ABC Inventory Control 16629
9 Abnormal Demand 23560
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7150
11 Activity Analysis 10909
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13356
13 Actual Demand 10444
14 Aggregate Planning 11458
15 Air Cargo 9346
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6061
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34040
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14897
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18351
20 Assembly Line 20219
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22155
22 Average Speed of Answer 26039
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21800
24 Batch Production 36460
25 Bill Discounting 13517
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10266
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6549
28 Blanket Release 9399
29 Bonded Warehouse 9512
30 Booking Number 12797
31 Bottleneck 8745
32 Buffer Stock 56718
33 Build to Stock 12324
34 Bullwhip Effect 8872
35 Business Logistics 24110
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12008
37 Capacity Management 37549
38 Capacity Utilization 13257
39 Capital Intensive 7645
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7811
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11314
42 Certified Supplier 8537
43 Channel Effectiveness 8465
44 Co-Destiny 8681
45 Co-managed Inventory 11758
46 Co-Packers 11237
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6215
48 Computer-Based Training 7248
49 Consular Invoice 18608
50 Container Depot 10027
51 Container Freight Station 9821
52 Continuous Replenishment 18738
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11432
54 Contract Carrier 7005
55 Contract of Affreightment 10901
56 Control Charts 7436
57 Cost Flow 9764
58 Courier Service 14200
59 CPFR 7683
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11174
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 41908
62 Date Code 17102
63 Days of Supply 18991
64 Dead on Arrival 8467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6832
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7485
67 Detective Control 8421
68 Devanning 13617
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10147
70 Dispatching 22378
71 Distributed Inventory 7887
72 Distribution Channel Management 32959
73 Distribution Metrics 8139
74 Distribution Planning 23469
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14330
76 Double Marginalization 51376
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21540
78 Dual 4962
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20013
80 Echelon Inventory 25491
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37339
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47412
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7087
84 Efficient Frontier 24242
85 Engineer-to-Order 30557
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15195
87 Erlang B Formula 8701
88 ETD 7789
89 Ex Works 7413
90 Exception Rate 12605
91 Exponential smoothing 9299
92 External Growth 9496
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8913
94 Field Services 7366
95 Field Warehouse 9365
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7908
97 Fishbone Diagram 13876
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25803
99 Flow Through Distribution 11636
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7573
 
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