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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 11034
2 3D Loading 6818
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22281
4 5 Point Annual Average 9615
5 5 Whys 22815
6 5S Program 8629
7 ABC Analysis 35230
8 ABC Inventory Control 17819
9 Abnormal Demand 24842
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 8019
11 Activity Analysis 11915
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15726
13 Actual Demand 11598
14 Aggregate Planning 12642
15 Air Cargo 10558
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 7024
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35393
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15654
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19825
20 Assembly Line 23579
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23489
22 Average Speed of Answer 26970
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23787
24 Batch Production 39330
25 Bill Discounting 15081
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11752
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7500
28 Blanket Release 10445
29 Bonded Warehouse 10450
30 Booking Number 14497
31 Bottleneck 10067
32 Buffer Stock 60364
33 Build to Stock 13440
34 Bullwhip Effect 10165
35 Business Logistics 26547
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12910
37 Capacity Management 42478
38 Capacity Utilization 14803
39 Capital Intensive 8897
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9341
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12641
42 Certified Supplier 9285
43 Channel Effectiveness 9311
44 Co-Destiny 9640
45 Co-managed Inventory 13041
46 Co-Packers 12147
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7327
48 Computer-Based Training 8030
49 Consular Invoice 20506
50 Container Depot 10956
51 Container Freight Station 10629
52 Continuous Replenishment 20006
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12518
54 Contract Carrier 7574
55 Contract of Affreightment 11791
56 Control Charts 8323
57 Cost Flow 10637
58 Courier Service 15692
59 CPFR 8601
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12206
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45420
62 Date Code 19106
63 Days of Supply 20322
64 Dead on Arrival 9843
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7663
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8504
67 Detective Control 9332
68 Devanning 14614
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11405
70 Dispatching 25413
71 Distributed Inventory 8670
72 Distribution Channel Management 35828
73 Distribution Metrics 9714
74 Distribution Planning 24745
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15791
76 Double Marginalization 53553
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22960
78 Dual 5782
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 21014
80 Echelon Inventory 26888
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38878
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50915
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 8010
84 Efficient Frontier 26241
85 Engineer-to-Order 32477
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17279
87 Erlang B Formula 9705
88 ETD 8664
89 Ex Works 8189
90 Exception Rate 14018
91 Exponential smoothing 10136
92 External Growth 10529
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9958
94 Field Services 8069
95 Field Warehouse 12101
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9409
97 Fishbone Diagram 15052
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27863
99 Flow Through Distribution 12851
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8602
 
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