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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 10521
2 3D Loading 6591
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21880
4 5 Point Annual Average 9251
5 5 Whys 22410
6 5S Program 8324
7 ABC Analysis 34521
8 ABC Inventory Control 17364
9 Abnormal Demand 24443
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7720
11 Activity Analysis 11563
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14752
13 Actual Demand 11263
14 Aggregate Planning 12294
15 Air Cargo 10172
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6704
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34952
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15379
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19374
20 Assembly Line 22647
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23059
22 Average Speed of Answer 26620
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23264
24 Batch Production 38567
25 Bill Discounting 14627
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11320
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7213
28 Blanket Release 10090
29 Bonded Warehouse 10122
30 Booking Number 13900
31 Bottleneck 9603
32 Buffer Stock 59495
33 Build to Stock 13078
34 Bullwhip Effect 9750
35 Business Logistics 25876
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12632
37 Capacity Management 40829
38 Capacity Utilization 14189
39 Capital Intensive 8501
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8837
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12208
42 Certified Supplier 9013
43 Channel Effectiveness 8985
44 Co-Destiny 9364
45 Co-managed Inventory 12632
46 Co-Packers 11839
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6946
48 Computer-Based Training 7744
49 Consular Invoice 19912
50 Container Depot 10663
51 Container Freight Station 10322
52 Continuous Replenishment 19636
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12144
54 Contract Carrier 7354
55 Contract of Affreightment 11474
56 Control Charts 8015
57 Cost Flow 10343
58 Courier Service 15323
59 CPFR 8277
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11870
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44324
62 Date Code 18352
63 Days of Supply 19927
64 Dead on Arrival 9409
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7363
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8181
67 Detective Control 8973
68 Devanning 14278
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11035
70 Dispatching 24660
71 Distributed Inventory 8415
72 Distribution Channel Management 34953
73 Distribution Metrics 9218
74 Distribution Planning 24285
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15316
76 Double Marginalization 52878
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22473
78 Dual 5484
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20692
80 Echelon Inventory 26291
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38344
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49945
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7672
84 Efficient Frontier 25597
85 Engineer-to-Order 31861
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16650
87 Erlang B Formula 9407
88 ETD 8386
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13579
91 Exponential smoothing 9879
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9580
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10709
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8868
97 Fishbone Diagram 14680
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27189
99 Flow Through Distribution 12387
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8247
 
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