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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 10623
2 3D Loading 6654
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21975
4 5 Point Annual Average 9326
5 5 Whys 22493
6 5S Program 8392
7 ABC Analysis 34740
8 ABC Inventory Control 17472
9 Abnormal Demand 24540
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7806
11 Activity Analysis 11648
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14966
13 Actual Demand 11327
14 Aggregate Planning 12385
15 Air Cargo 10286
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6779
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35059
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15437
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19487
20 Assembly Line 22880
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23167
22 Average Speed of Answer 26697
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23412
24 Batch Production 38805
25 Bill Discounting 14741
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11428
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7286
28 Blanket Release 10169
29 Bonded Warehouse 10201
30 Booking Number 14060
31 Bottleneck 9717
32 Buffer Stock 59686
33 Build to Stock 13156
34 Bullwhip Effect 9873
35 Business Logistics 26055
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12719
37 Capacity Management 41176
38 Capacity Utilization 14319
39 Capital Intensive 8599
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8958
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12303
42 Certified Supplier 9067
43 Channel Effectiveness 9066
44 Co-Destiny 9446
45 Co-managed Inventory 12736
46 Co-Packers 11922
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7028
48 Computer-Based Training 7809
49 Consular Invoice 20050
50 Container Depot 10741
51 Container Freight Station 10383
52 Continuous Replenishment 19734
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12226
54 Contract Carrier 7403
55 Contract of Affreightment 11557
56 Control Charts 8073
57 Cost Flow 10425
58 Courier Service 15428
59 CPFR 8350
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11956
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44577
62 Date Code 18554
63 Days of Supply 20030
64 Dead on Arrival 9509
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7439
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8266
67 Detective Control 9068
68 Devanning 14359
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11128
70 Dispatching 24835
71 Distributed Inventory 8477
72 Distribution Channel Management 35166
73 Distribution Metrics 9348
74 Distribution Planning 24396
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15440
76 Double Marginalization 53043
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22587
78 Dual 5546
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20775
80 Echelon Inventory 26464
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38470
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50212
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7746
84 Efficient Frontier 25754
85 Engineer-to-Order 31999
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16824
87 Erlang B Formula 9478
88 ETD 8459
89 Ex Works 7946
90 Exception Rate 13688
91 Exponential smoothing 9949
92 External Growth 10244
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9676
94 Field Services 7839
95 Field Warehouse 11051
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8995
97 Fishbone Diagram 14783
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27360
99 Flow Through Distribution 12494
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8348
 
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