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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 10311
2 3D Loading 6502
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21736
4 5 Point Annual Average 9157
5 5 Whys 22303
6 5S Program 8234
7 ABC Analysis 34223
8 ABC Inventory Control 17214
9 Abnormal Demand 24315
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7633
11 Activity Analysis 11454
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14484
13 Actual Demand 11171
14 Aggregate Planning 12096
15 Air Cargo 10029
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6613
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34808
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15309
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19155
20 Assembly Line 22260
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22924
22 Average Speed of Answer 26527
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23048
24 Batch Production 38261
25 Bill Discounting 14466
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11159
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7112
28 Blanket Release 9971
29 Bonded Warehouse 10032
30 Booking Number 13724
31 Bottleneck 9461
32 Buffer Stock 59122
33 Build to Stock 12890
34 Bullwhip Effect 9539
35 Business Logistics 25565
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12532
37 Capacity Management 40358
38 Capacity Utilization 14054
39 Capital Intensive 8360
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8680
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12083
42 Certified Supplier 8941
43 Channel Effectiveness 8896
44 Co-Destiny 9254
45 Co-managed Inventory 12423
46 Co-Packers 11729
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6824
48 Computer-Based Training 7661
49 Consular Invoice 19699
50 Container Depot 10571
51 Container Freight Station 10251
52 Continuous Replenishment 19424
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12034
54 Contract Carrier 7299
55 Contract of Affreightment 11376
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10229
58 Courier Service 15179
59 CPFR 8182
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11751
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44046
62 Date Code 18156
63 Days of Supply 19779
64 Dead on Arrival 9193
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7273
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8877
68 Devanning 14176
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10828
70 Dispatching 24401
71 Distributed Inventory 8314
72 Distribution Channel Management 34636
73 Distribution Metrics 9059
74 Distribution Planning 24151
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15162
76 Double Marginalization 52589
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22243
78 Dual 5416
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20562
80 Echelon Inventory 26143
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38211
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49577
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25405
85 Engineer-to-Order 31672
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16360
87 Erlang B Formula 9312
88 ETD 8295
89 Ex Works 7805
90 Exception Rate 13433
91 Exponential smoothing 9796
92 External Growth 10031
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9393
94 Field Services 7718
95 Field Warehouse 10313
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8714
97 Fishbone Diagram 14565
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26950
99 Flow Through Distribution 12273
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8134
 
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