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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 10604
2 3D Loading 6637
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21953
4 5 Point Annual Average 9306
5 5 Whys 22471
6 5S Program 8374
7 ABC Analysis 34683
8 ABC Inventory Control 17442
9 Abnormal Demand 24513
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7782
11 Activity Analysis 11630
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14919
13 Actual Demand 11309
14 Aggregate Planning 12359
15 Air Cargo 10261
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6761
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35029
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19461
20 Assembly Line 22821
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23144
22 Average Speed of Answer 26677
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23376
24 Batch Production 38745
25 Bill Discounting 14712
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11394
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7267
28 Blanket Release 10150
29 Bonded Warehouse 10179
30 Booking Number 14025
31 Bottleneck 9688
32 Buffer Stock 59642
33 Build to Stock 13137
34 Bullwhip Effect 9843
35 Business Logistics 26022
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12697
37 Capacity Management 41082
38 Capacity Utilization 14281
39 Capital Intensive 8574
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8927
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12279
42 Certified Supplier 9057
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9431
45 Co-managed Inventory 12716
46 Co-Packers 11905
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7005
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20012
50 Container Depot 10720
51 Container Freight Station 10373
52 Continuous Replenishment 19708
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12205
54 Contract Carrier 7392
55 Contract of Affreightment 11543
56 Control Charts 8058
57 Cost Flow 10405
58 Courier Service 15402
59 CPFR 8332
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11932
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44516
62 Date Code 18515
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9485
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7421
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8245
67 Detective Control 9039
68 Devanning 14340
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11104
70 Dispatching 24789
71 Distributed Inventory 8467
72 Distribution Channel Management 35116
73 Distribution Metrics 9311
74 Distribution Planning 24369
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15407
76 Double Marginalization 53003
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22559
78 Dual 5525
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20753
80 Echelon Inventory 26422
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38437
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50144
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7729
84 Efficient Frontier 25717
85 Engineer-to-Order 31960
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16781
87 Erlang B Formula 9465
88 ETD 8440
89 Ex Works 7927
90 Exception Rate 13663
91 Exponential smoothing 9933
92 External Growth 10221
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9648
94 Field Services 7825
95 Field Warehouse 10955
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8959
97 Fishbone Diagram 14757
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27311
99 Flow Through Distribution 12465
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8318
 
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