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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 10119
2 3D Loading 6397
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21540
4 5 Point Annual Average 9042
5 5 Whys 22186
6 5S Program 8115
7 ABC Analysis 33878
8 ABC Inventory Control 17065
9 Abnormal Demand 24156
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7513
11 Activity Analysis 11316
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14152
13 Actual Demand 11025
14 Aggregate Planning 11960
15 Air Cargo 9872
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6484
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34619
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15219
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18977
20 Assembly Line 21760
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22727
22 Average Speed of Answer 26412
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22783
24 Batch Production 37807
25 Bill Discounting 14222
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10918
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6971
28 Blanket Release 9817
29 Bonded Warehouse 9907
30 Booking Number 13496
31 Bottleneck 9300
32 Buffer Stock 58577
33 Build to Stock 12768
34 Bullwhip Effect 9359
35 Business Logistics 25243
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12378
37 Capacity Management 39829
38 Capacity Utilization 13858
39 Capital Intensive 8184
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8473
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11921
42 Certified Supplier 8849
43 Channel Effectiveness 8808
44 Co-Destiny 9098
45 Co-managed Inventory 12269
46 Co-Packers 11599
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6682
48 Computer-Based Training 7545
49 Consular Invoice 19433
50 Container Depot 10431
51 Container Freight Station 10162
52 Continuous Replenishment 19274
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11893
54 Contract Carrier 7226
55 Contract of Affreightment 11252
56 Control Charts 7810
57 Cost Flow 10122
58 Courier Service 14981
59 CPFR 8064
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11601
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43619
62 Date Code 17888
63 Days of Supply 19583
64 Dead on Arrival 9020
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7139
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7926
67 Detective Control 8747
68 Devanning 14058
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10675
70 Dispatching 23911
71 Distributed Inventory 8211
72 Distribution Channel Management 34264
73 Distribution Metrics 8835
74 Distribution Planning 23985
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14961
76 Double Marginalization 52342
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22081
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20388
80 Echelon Inventory 25937
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38045
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49138
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25125
85 Engineer-to-Order 31405
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16087
87 Erlang B Formula 9166
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7717
90 Exception Rate 13240
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7629
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8540
97 Fishbone Diagram 14408
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26677
99 Flow Through Distribution 12122
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7999
 
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