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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 10608
2 3D Loading 6640
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21959
4 5 Point Annual Average 9311
5 5 Whys 22473
6 5S Program 8376
7 ABC Analysis 34702
8 ABC Inventory Control 17450
9 Abnormal Demand 24517
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7787
11 Activity Analysis 11634
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14931
13 Actual Demand 11314
14 Aggregate Planning 12360
15 Air Cargo 10267
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6765
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35037
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19467
20 Assembly Line 22836
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23153
22 Average Speed of Answer 26685
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23386
24 Batch Production 38759
25 Bill Discounting 14721
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11404
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7270
28 Blanket Release 10153
29 Bonded Warehouse 10186
30 Booking Number 14035
31 Bottleneck 9693
32 Buffer Stock 59654
33 Build to Stock 13142
34 Bullwhip Effect 9849
35 Business Logistics 26027
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12704
37 Capacity Management 41099
38 Capacity Utilization 14288
39 Capital Intensive 8578
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8936
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12285
42 Certified Supplier 9060
43 Channel Effectiveness 9050
44 Co-Destiny 9433
45 Co-managed Inventory 12722
46 Co-Packers 11911
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7009
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20021
50 Container Depot 10723
51 Container Freight Station 10376
52 Continuous Replenishment 19715
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7394
55 Contract of Affreightment 11547
56 Control Charts 8061
57 Cost Flow 10410
58 Courier Service 15409
59 CPFR 8336
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11940
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44530
62 Date Code 18521
63 Days of Supply 20011
64 Dead on Arrival 9491
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7423
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8248
67 Detective Control 9044
68 Devanning 14345
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11110
70 Dispatching 24801
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35131
73 Distribution Metrics 9321
74 Distribution Planning 24379
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15412
76 Double Marginalization 53012
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22565
78 Dual 5527
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20758
80 Echelon Inventory 26431
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38444
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50159
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7734
84 Efficient Frontier 25727
85 Engineer-to-Order 31969
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16797
87 Erlang B Formula 9468
88 ETD 8445
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13668
91 Exponential smoothing 9937
92 External Growth 10228
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9656
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10969
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8970
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27324
99 Flow Through Distribution 12473
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
 
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