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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 10457
2 3D Loading 6551
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21815
4 5 Point Annual Average 9205
5 5 Whys 22365
6 5S Program 8285
7 ABC Analysis 34387
8 ABC Inventory Control 17293
9 Abnormal Demand 24390
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7684
11 Activity Analysis 11514
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14635
13 Actual Demand 11228
14 Aggregate Planning 12261
15 Air Cargo 10102
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6672
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34895
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15350
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19323
20 Assembly Line 22485
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23002
22 Average Speed of Answer 26580
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23173
24 Batch Production 38439
25 Bill Discounting 14562
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11252
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7170
28 Blanket Release 10046
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13829
31 Bottleneck 9548
32 Buffer Stock 59336
33 Build to Stock 13041
34 Bullwhip Effect 9696
35 Business Logistics 25777
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12588
37 Capacity Management 40611
38 Capacity Utilization 14133
39 Capital Intensive 8437
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8772
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12160
42 Certified Supplier 8980
43 Channel Effectiveness 8949
44 Co-Destiny 9320
45 Co-managed Inventory 12585
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6900
48 Computer-Based Training 7708
49 Consular Invoice 19829
50 Container Depot 10627
51 Container Freight Station 10295
52 Continuous Replenishment 19586
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12098
54 Contract Carrier 7329
55 Contract of Affreightment 11438
56 Control Charts 7979
57 Cost Flow 10293
58 Courier Service 15270
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11823
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44208
62 Date Code 18269
63 Days of Supply 19863
64 Dead on Arrival 9348
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8132
67 Detective Control 8929
68 Devanning 14232
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10986
70 Dispatching 24561
71 Distributed Inventory 8376
72 Distribution Channel Management 34805
73 Distribution Metrics 9146
74 Distribution Planning 24228
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15244
76 Double Marginalization 52789
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22408
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20638
80 Echelon Inventory 26238
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38296
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49788
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7635
84 Efficient Frontier 25522
85 Engineer-to-Order 31787
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16560
87 Erlang B Formula 9367
88 ETD 8347
89 Ex Works 7850
90 Exception Rate 13518
91 Exponential smoothing 9845
92 External Growth 10099
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9535
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10544
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8796
97 Fishbone Diagram 14630
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27077
99 Flow Through Distribution 12336
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
 
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