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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 8916
2 3D Loading 5694
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 20615
4 5 Point Annual Average 8311
5 5 Whys 21217
6 5S Program 7346
7 ABC Analysis 31232
8 ABC Inventory Control 16001
9 Abnormal Demand 23060
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 6728
11 Activity Analysis 10492
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 12573
13 Actual Demand 9929
14 Aggregate Planning 11002
15 Air Cargo 8910
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 5594
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 33559
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 14534
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 17849
20 Assembly Line 18702
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 21668
22 Average Speed of Answer 25621
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 21141
24 Batch Production 35007
25 Bill Discounting 12821
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 9758
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6224
28 Blanket Release 8936
29 Bonded Warehouse 9065
30 Booking Number 12171
31 Bottleneck 8269
32 Buffer Stock 54994
33 Build to Stock 11867
34 Bullwhip Effect 8348
35 Business Logistics 23071
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 11630
37 Capacity Management 35528
38 Capacity Utilization 12704
39 Capital Intensive 7161
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 7253
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 10858
42 Certified Supplier 8176
43 Channel Effectiveness 8060
44 Co-Destiny 8326
45 Co-managed Inventory 11282
46 Co-Packers 10818
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 5715
48 Computer-Based Training 6928
49 Consular Invoice 18079
50 Container Depot 9609
51 Container Freight Station 9452
52 Continuous Replenishment 18264
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11031
54 Contract Carrier 6716
55 Contract of Affreightment 10513
56 Control Charts 7077
57 Cost Flow 9386
58 Courier Service 13515
59 CPFR 7215
60 Cumulative Lead Time 10804
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 40520
62 Date Code 16266
63 Days of Supply 18434
64 Dead on Arrival 7988
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 6496
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7079
67 Detective Control 7954
68 Devanning 13202
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 9660
70 Dispatching 21273
71 Distributed Inventory 7574
72 Distribution Channel Management 31757
73 Distribution Metrics 7598
74 Distribution Planning 22885
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 13827
76 Double Marginalization 50461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21015
78 Dual 4568
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 19543
80 Echelon Inventory 25090
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 36461
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 45852
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 6686
84 Efficient Frontier 23635
85 Engineer-to-Order 29799
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 14618
87 Erlang B Formula 8218
88 ETD 7348
89 Ex Works 7070
90 Exception Rate 12035
91 Exponential smoothing 8925
92 External Growth 9022
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8497
94 Field Services 7049
95 Field Warehouse 8985
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7167
97 Fishbone Diagram 13401
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25001
99 Flow Through Distribution 11156
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7100
 
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