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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 10226
2 3D Loading 6447
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21650
4 5 Point Annual Average 9104
5 5 Whys 22247
6 5S Program 8181
7 ABC Analysis 34055
8 ABC Inventory Control 17140
9 Abnormal Demand 24236
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7575
11 Activity Analysis 11389
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14317
13 Actual Demand 11104
14 Aggregate Planning 12036
15 Air Cargo 9960
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6554
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34710
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15272
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19072
20 Assembly Line 22030
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22834
22 Average Speed of Answer 26472
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22922
24 Batch Production 38020
25 Bill Discounting 14350
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11058
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7046
28 Blanket Release 9899
29 Bonded Warehouse 9975
30 Booking Number 13627
31 Bottleneck 9383
32 Buffer Stock 58830
33 Build to Stock 12835
34 Bullwhip Effect 9449
35 Business Logistics 25409
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12455
37 Capacity Management 40101
38 Capacity Utilization 13954
39 Capital Intensive 8274
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8580
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12001
42 Certified Supplier 8898
43 Channel Effectiveness 8852
44 Co-Destiny 9178
45 Co-managed Inventory 12351
46 Co-Packers 11666
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6761
48 Computer-Based Training 7605
49 Consular Invoice 19561
50 Container Depot 10514
51 Container Freight Station 10212
52 Continuous Replenishment 19356
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11959
54 Contract Carrier 7268
55 Contract of Affreightment 11312
56 Control Charts 7875
57 Cost Flow 10177
58 Courier Service 15082
59 CPFR 8123
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11679
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43841
62 Date Code 18049
63 Days of Supply 19684
64 Dead on Arrival 9102
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7216
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8002
67 Detective Control 8813
68 Devanning 14120
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10754
70 Dispatching 24185
71 Distributed Inventory 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34461
73 Distribution Metrics 8952
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52460
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22163
78 Dual 5371
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20475
80 Echelon Inventory 26027
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38134
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49353
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7524
84 Efficient Frontier 25278
85 Engineer-to-Order 31551
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16231
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8231
89 Ex Works 7764
90 Exception Rate 13341
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9956
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9335
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9912
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14499
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26819
99 Flow Through Distribution 12200
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8066
 
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