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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 10894
2 3D Loading 6779
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22196
4 5 Point Annual Average 9530
5 5 Whys 22702
6 5S Program 8533
7 ABC Analysis 35106
8 ABC Inventory Control 17708
9 Abnormal Demand 24772
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7964
11 Activity Analysis 11829
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15553
13 Actual Demand 11530
14 Aggregate Planning 12563
15 Air Cargo 10499
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6935
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35325
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15608
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19727
20 Assembly Line 23456
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23394
22 Average Speed of Answer 26887
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23695
24 Batch Production 39229
25 Bill Discounting 15010
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11689
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7452
28 Blanket Release 10379
29 Bonded Warehouse 10373
30 Booking Number 14387
31 Bottleneck 9971
32 Buffer Stock 60218
33 Build to Stock 13372
34 Bullwhip Effect 10112
35 Business Logistics 26447
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12862
37 Capacity Management 42125
38 Capacity Utilization 14675
39 Capital Intensive 8828
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9262
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12551
42 Certified Supplier 9229
43 Channel Effectiveness 9236
44 Co-Destiny 9600
45 Co-managed Inventory 12976
46 Co-Packers 12088
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7252
48 Computer-Based Training 7960
49 Consular Invoice 20387
50 Container Depot 10883
51 Container Freight Station 10552
52 Continuous Replenishment 19953
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12441
54 Contract Carrier 7527
55 Contract of Affreightment 11737
56 Control Charts 8278
57 Cost Flow 10591
58 Courier Service 15627
59 CPFR 8513
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12152
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45188
62 Date Code 18981
63 Days of Supply 20256
64 Dead on Arrival 9741
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7594
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8457
67 Detective Control 9268
68 Devanning 14558
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11339
70 Dispatching 25334
71 Distributed Inventory 8626
72 Distribution Channel Management 35665
73 Distribution Metrics 9624
74 Distribution Planning 24646
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15702
76 Double Marginalization 53415
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22871
78 Dual 5696
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20964
80 Echelon Inventory 26799
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38787
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50815
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7913
84 Efficient Frontier 26120
85 Engineer-to-Order 32366
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17192
87 Erlang B Formula 9659
88 ETD 8609
89 Ex Works 8094
90 Exception Rate 13946
91 Exponential smoothing 10095
92 External Growth 10444
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9905
94 Field Services 8017
95 Field Warehouse 11964
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9317
97 Fishbone Diagram 14991
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27764
99 Flow Through Distribution 12734
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8541
 
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