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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 10261
2 3D Loading 6476
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21683
4 5 Point Annual Average 9127
5 5 Whys 22274
6 5S Program 8208
7 ABC Analysis 34125
8 ABC Inventory Control 17177
9 Abnormal Demand 24273
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7605
11 Activity Analysis 11412
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14388
13 Actual Demand 11134
14 Aggregate Planning 12064
15 Air Cargo 9992
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6576
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34749
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15290
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19104
20 Assembly Line 22125
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22870
22 Average Speed of Answer 26496
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22971
24 Batch Production 38135
25 Bill Discounting 14395
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11110
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7073
28 Blanket Release 9933
29 Bonded Warehouse 9998
30 Booking Number 13666
31 Bottleneck 9425
32 Buffer Stock 58969
33 Build to Stock 12860
34 Bullwhip Effect 9486
35 Business Logistics 25473
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12486
37 Capacity Management 40211
38 Capacity Utilization 13992
39 Capital Intensive 8310
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8620
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12035
42 Certified Supplier 8916
43 Channel Effectiveness 8872
44 Co-Destiny 9210
45 Co-managed Inventory 12384
46 Co-Packers 11691
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6784
48 Computer-Based Training 7629
49 Consular Invoice 19620
50 Container Depot 10540
51 Container Freight Station 10228
52 Continuous Replenishment 19387
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11995
54 Contract Carrier 7286
55 Contract of Affreightment 11339
56 Control Charts 7898
57 Cost Flow 10196
58 Courier Service 15121
59 CPFR 8152
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11709
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43939
62 Date Code 18087
63 Days of Supply 19721
64 Dead on Arrival 9144
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7238
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8030
67 Detective Control 8844
68 Devanning 14148
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10790
70 Dispatching 24287
71 Distributed Inventory 8293
72 Distribution Channel Management 34526
73 Distribution Metrics 9000
74 Distribution Planning 24104
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15107
76 Double Marginalization 52513
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22197
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20510
80 Echelon Inventory 26076
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38170
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49451
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7548
84 Efficient Frontier 25323
85 Engineer-to-Order 31603
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16282
87 Erlang B Formula 9274
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13384
91 Exponential smoothing 9765
92 External Growth 9989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7694
95 Field Warehouse 10085
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8675
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26873
99 Flow Through Distribution 12231
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8092
 
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