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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 10616
2 3D Loading 6648
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21966
4 5 Point Annual Average 9320
5 5 Whys 22487
6 5S Program 8381
7 ABC Analysis 34732
8 ABC Inventory Control 17461
9 Abnormal Demand 24528
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7796
11 Activity Analysis 11646
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14958
13 Actual Demand 11319
14 Aggregate Planning 12373
15 Air Cargo 10276
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6772
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35050
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15433
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19483
20 Assembly Line 22863
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23163
22 Average Speed of Answer 26691
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23403
24 Batch Production 38789
25 Bill Discounting 14733
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11418
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7279
28 Blanket Release 10164
29 Bonded Warehouse 10197
30 Booking Number 14050
31 Bottleneck 9706
32 Buffer Stock 59678
33 Build to Stock 13151
34 Bullwhip Effect 9867
35 Business Logistics 26046
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12711
37 Capacity Management 41147
38 Capacity Utilization 14308
39 Capital Intensive 8588
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8948
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12296
42 Certified Supplier 9063
43 Channel Effectiveness 9057
44 Co-Destiny 9438
45 Co-managed Inventory 12732
46 Co-Packers 11917
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7020
48 Computer-Based Training 7803
49 Consular Invoice 20040
50 Container Depot 10734
51 Container Freight Station 10381
52 Continuous Replenishment 19725
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12214
54 Contract Carrier 7398
55 Contract of Affreightment 11551
56 Control Charts 8065
57 Cost Flow 10419
58 Courier Service 15417
59 CPFR 8341
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11949
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44556
62 Date Code 18541
63 Days of Supply 20022
64 Dead on Arrival 9503
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7433
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8258
67 Detective Control 9059
68 Devanning 14351
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11122
70 Dispatching 24822
71 Distributed Inventory 8472
72 Distribution Channel Management 35154
73 Distribution Metrics 9334
74 Distribution Planning 24389
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15424
76 Double Marginalization 53029
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22577
78 Dual 5536
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20769
80 Echelon Inventory 26453
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38460
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50191
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7739
84 Efficient Frontier 25741
85 Engineer-to-Order 31985
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16813
87 Erlang B Formula 9473
88 ETD 8453
89 Ex Works 7936
90 Exception Rate 13681
91 Exponential smoothing 9942
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9669
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11022
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14770
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8339
 
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