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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 10827
2 3D Loading 6744
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 22131
4 5 Point Annual Average 9474
5 5 Whys 22635
6 5S Program 8485
7 ABC Analysis 35025
8 ABC Inventory Control 17649
9 Abnormal Demand 24692
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7921
11 Activity Analysis 11777
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 15393
13 Actual Demand 11471
14 Aggregate Planning 12518
15 Air Cargo 10449
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6885
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35249
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15564
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19667
20 Assembly Line 23319
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23324
22 Average Speed of Answer 26833
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23616
24 Batch Production 39120
25 Bill Discounting 14942
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11623
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7403
28 Blanket Release 10320
29 Bonded Warehouse 10322
30 Booking Number 14285
31 Bottleneck 9905
32 Buffer Stock 60054
33 Build to Stock 13312
34 Bullwhip Effect 10039
35 Business Logistics 26337
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12825
37 Capacity Management 41821
38 Capacity Utilization 14550
39 Capital Intensive 8762
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 9169
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12462
42 Certified Supplier 9178
43 Channel Effectiveness 9187
44 Co-Destiny 9559
45 Co-managed Inventory 12908
46 Co-Packers 12035
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7189
48 Computer-Based Training 7914
49 Consular Invoice 20313
50 Container Depot 10837
51 Container Freight Station 10500
52 Continuous Replenishment 19891
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12374
54 Contract Carrier 7490
55 Contract of Affreightment 11691
56 Control Charts 8235
57 Cost Flow 10552
58 Courier Service 15555
59 CPFR 8465
60 Cumulative Lead Time 12093
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 45018
62 Date Code 18852
63 Days of Supply 20190
64 Dead on Arrival 9655
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7543
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8412
67 Detective Control 9203
68 Devanning 14501
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11287
70 Dispatching 25214
71 Distributed Inventory 8594
72 Distribution Channel Management 35516
73 Distribution Metrics 9542
74 Distribution Planning 24585
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15629
76 Double Marginalization 53296
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22775
78 Dual 5649
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20908
80 Echelon Inventory 26712
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38699
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50676
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7861
84 Efficient Frontier 25995
85 Engineer-to-Order 32258
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 17099
87 Erlang B Formula 9618
88 ETD 8561
89 Ex Works 8044
90 Exception Rate 13864
91 Exponential smoothing 10057
92 External Growth 10378
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9850
94 Field Services 7962
95 Field Warehouse 11739
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9231
97 Fishbone Diagram 14944
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27647
99 Flow Through Distribution 12661
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8485
 
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