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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 10100
2 3D Loading 6391
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21529
4 5 Point Annual Average 9033
5 5 Whys 22180
6 5S Program 8108
7 ABC Analysis 33856
8 ABC Inventory Control 17059
9 Abnormal Demand 24148
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7503
11 Activity Analysis 11308
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14142
13 Actual Demand 11017
14 Aggregate Planning 11948
15 Air Cargo 9862
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6476
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34607
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15212
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18968
20 Assembly Line 21728
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22718
22 Average Speed of Answer 26402
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22765
24 Batch Production 37777
25 Bill Discounting 14207
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10894
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6962
28 Blanket Release 9809
29 Bonded Warehouse 9896
30 Booking Number 13487
31 Bottleneck 9290
32 Buffer Stock 58550
33 Build to Stock 12760
34 Bullwhip Effect 9348
35 Business Logistics 25216
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12370
37 Capacity Management 39791
38 Capacity Utilization 13847
39 Capital Intensive 8170
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8457
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11903
42 Certified Supplier 8843
43 Channel Effectiveness 8803
44 Co-Destiny 9089
45 Co-managed Inventory 12257
46 Co-Packers 11593
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6672
48 Computer-Based Training 7539
49 Consular Invoice 19419
50 Container Depot 10422
51 Container Freight Station 10152
52 Continuous Replenishment 19262
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11880
54 Contract Carrier 7223
55 Contract of Affreightment 11240
56 Control Charts 7804
57 Cost Flow 10113
58 Courier Service 14969
59 CPFR 8054
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11591
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43584
62 Date Code 17865
63 Days of Supply 19568
64 Dead on Arrival 9010
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7130
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7917
67 Detective Control 8739
68 Devanning 14052
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10669
70 Dispatching 23874
71 Distributed Inventory 8207
72 Distribution Channel Management 34243
73 Distribution Metrics 8823
74 Distribution Planning 23972
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14953
76 Double Marginalization 52325
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22068
78 Dual 5317
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20378
80 Echelon Inventory 25923
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38032
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49110
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7456
84 Efficient Frontier 25104
85 Engineer-to-Order 31392
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16070
87 Erlang B Formula 9159
88 ETD 8144
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13225
91 Exponential smoothing 9665
92 External Growth 9871
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9261
94 Field Services 7622
95 Field Warehouse 9743
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8527
97 Fishbone Diagram 14397
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26656
99 Flow Through Distribution 12111
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7983
 
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