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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 10570
2 3D Loading 6622
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21926
4 5 Point Annual Average 9278
5 5 Whys 22441
6 5S Program 8355
7 ABC Analysis 34608
8 ABC Inventory Control 17407
9 Abnormal Demand 24482
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7756
11 Activity Analysis 11600
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14849
13 Actual Demand 11284
14 Aggregate Planning 12328
15 Air Cargo 10219
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6738
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34993
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15405
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19417
20 Assembly Line 22743
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23117
22 Average Speed of Answer 26649
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23334
24 Batch Production 38668
25 Bill Discounting 14681
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11360
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7237
28 Blanket Release 10124
29 Bonded Warehouse 10158
30 Booking Number 13968
31 Bottleneck 9661
32 Buffer Stock 59579
33 Build to Stock 13113
34 Bullwhip Effect 9802
35 Business Logistics 25972
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12668
37 Capacity Management 40974
38 Capacity Utilization 14240
39 Capital Intensive 8546
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8892
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12247
42 Certified Supplier 9040
43 Channel Effectiveness 9021
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12675
46 Co-Packers 11874
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6980
48 Computer-Based Training 7771
49 Consular Invoice 19965
50 Container Depot 10698
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19672
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12181
54 Contract Carrier 7375
55 Contract of Affreightment 11508
56 Control Charts 8042
57 Cost Flow 10376
58 Courier Service 15376
59 CPFR 8313
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11906
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44424
62 Date Code 18453
63 Days of Supply 19973
64 Dead on Arrival 9456
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7395
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8218
67 Detective Control 9010
68 Devanning 14316
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11075
70 Dispatching 24735
71 Distributed Inventory 8447
72 Distribution Channel Management 35057
73 Distribution Metrics 9271
74 Distribution Planning 24336
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15375
76 Double Marginalization 52955
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22522
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20731
80 Echelon Inventory 26355
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38396
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50061
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25664
85 Engineer-to-Order 31919
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16720
87 Erlang B Formula 9443
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7910
90 Exception Rate 13633
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10192
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9618
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10858
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8920
97 Fishbone Diagram 14724
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27262
99 Flow Through Distribution 12432
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8288
 
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