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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 10518
2 3D Loading 6591
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21876
4 5 Point Annual Average 9248
5 5 Whys 22407
6 5S Program 8324
7 ABC Analysis 34511
8 ABC Inventory Control 17360
9 Abnormal Demand 24439
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7717
11 Activity Analysis 11560
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14740
13 Actual Demand 11260
14 Aggregate Planning 12293
15 Air Cargo 10170
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6702
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34948
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15378
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19368
20 Assembly Line 22639
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23056
22 Average Speed of Answer 26618
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23258
24 Batch Production 38559
25 Bill Discounting 14619
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11316
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7210
28 Blanket Release 10088
29 Bonded Warehouse 10118
30 Booking Number 13896
31 Bottleneck 9601
32 Buffer Stock 59486
33 Build to Stock 13076
34 Bullwhip Effect 9745
35 Business Logistics 25871
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12630
37 Capacity Management 40819
38 Capacity Utilization 14186
39 Capital Intensive 8498
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8833
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12208
42 Certified Supplier 9013
43 Channel Effectiveness 8984
44 Co-Destiny 9363
45 Co-managed Inventory 12631
46 Co-Packers 11835
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6942
48 Computer-Based Training 7744
49 Consular Invoice 19910
50 Container Depot 10663
51 Container Freight Station 10321
52 Continuous Replenishment 19631
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12141
54 Contract Carrier 7353
55 Contract of Affreightment 11471
56 Control Charts 8014
57 Cost Flow 10342
58 Courier Service 15320
59 CPFR 8275
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11868
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44313
62 Date Code 18345
63 Days of Supply 19926
64 Dead on Arrival 9409
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7361
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8177
67 Detective Control 8971
68 Devanning 14276
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11032
70 Dispatching 24656
71 Distributed Inventory 8414
72 Distribution Channel Management 34943
73 Distribution Metrics 9215
74 Distribution Planning 24281
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15313
76 Double Marginalization 52871
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22471
78 Dual 5482
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20689
80 Echelon Inventory 26289
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38341
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49935
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7672
84 Efficient Frontier 25594
85 Engineer-to-Order 31858
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16643
87 Erlang B Formula 9407
88 ETD 8382
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13574
91 Exponential smoothing 9876
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9577
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10705
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8864
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27181
99 Flow Through Distribution 12385
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8246
 
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