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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 9945
2 3D Loading 6317
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21407
4 5 Point Annual Average 8950
5 5 Whys 22086
6 5S Program 8028
7 ABC Analysis 33624
8 ABC Inventory Control 16972
9 Abnormal Demand 24033
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7417
11 Activity Analysis 11222
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13944
13 Actual Demand 10895
14 Aggregate Planning 11813
15 Air Cargo 9752
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6373
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34458
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15149
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18822
20 Assembly Line 21348
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22592
22 Average Speed of Answer 26318
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22548
24 Batch Production 37475
25 Bill Discounting 14028
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10750
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6868
28 Blanket Release 9710
29 Bonded Warehouse 9805
30 Booking Number 13338
31 Bottleneck 9140
32 Buffer Stock 58139
33 Build to Stock 12662
34 Bullwhip Effect 9224
35 Business Logistics 24990
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12275
37 Capacity Management 39319
38 Capacity Utilization 13701
39 Capital Intensive 8036
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8302
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11784
42 Certified Supplier 8780
43 Channel Effectiveness 8743
44 Co-Destiny 9001
45 Co-managed Inventory 12146
46 Co-Packers 11513
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6569
48 Computer-Based Training 7457
49 Consular Invoice 19249
50 Container Depot 10309
51 Container Freight Station 10092
52 Continuous Replenishment 19148
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11771
54 Contract Carrier 7180
55 Contract of Affreightment 11155
56 Control Charts 7719
57 Cost Flow 10028
58 Courier Service 14777
59 CPFR 7957
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11485
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43195
62 Date Code 17677
63 Days of Supply 19415
64 Dead on Arrival 8879
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7053
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7818
67 Detective Control 8667
68 Devanning 13954
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10557
70 Dispatching 23539
71 Distributed Inventory 8142
72 Distribution Channel Management 33955
73 Distribution Metrics 8659
74 Distribution Planning 23847
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14803
76 Double Marginalization 52117
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21951
78 Dual 5228
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20274
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37911
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48733
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7375
84 Efficient Frontier 24896
85 Engineer-to-Order 31201
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15874
87 Erlang B Formula 9050
88 ETD 8056
89 Ex Works 7652
90 Exception Rate 13093
91 Exponential smoothing 9582
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9177
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8380
97 Fishbone Diagram 14273
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26463
99 Flow Through Distribution 12001
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
 
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