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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 10549
2 3D Loading 6612
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21909
4 5 Point Annual Average 9269
5 5 Whys 22430
6 5S Program 8342
7 ABC Analysis 34579
8 ABC Inventory Control 17393
9 Abnormal Demand 24465
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7741
11 Activity Analysis 11585
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14808
13 Actual Demand 11275
14 Aggregate Planning 12318
15 Air Cargo 10199
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6728
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34977
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15392
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19398
20 Assembly Line 22710
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23097
22 Average Speed of Answer 26636
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23299
24 Batch Production 38626
25 Bill Discounting 14665
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11346
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7229
28 Blanket Release 10113
29 Bonded Warehouse 10145
30 Booking Number 13941
31 Bottleneck 9639
32 Buffer Stock 59546
33 Build to Stock 13105
34 Bullwhip Effect 9783
35 Business Logistics 25934
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12654
37 Capacity Management 40919
38 Capacity Utilization 14222
39 Capital Intensive 8532
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8873
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12228
42 Certified Supplier 9033
43 Channel Effectiveness 9011
44 Co-Destiny 9389
45 Co-managed Inventory 12660
46 Co-Packers 11863
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6969
48 Computer-Based Training 7763
49 Consular Invoice 19946
50 Container Depot 10684
51 Container Freight Station 10337
52 Continuous Replenishment 19659
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12169
54 Contract Carrier 7366
55 Contract of Affreightment 11497
56 Control Charts 8030
57 Cost Flow 10366
58 Courier Service 15357
59 CPFR 8300
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11892
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44387
62 Date Code 18409
63 Days of Supply 19956
64 Dead on Arrival 9438
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7383
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8204
67 Detective Control 8994
68 Devanning 14304
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11061
70 Dispatching 24706
71 Distributed Inventory 8434
72 Distribution Channel Management 35025
73 Distribution Metrics 9257
74 Distribution Planning 24319
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15351
76 Double Marginalization 52924
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22503
78 Dual 5495
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20719
80 Echelon Inventory 26331
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38376
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50019
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7693
84 Efficient Frontier 25643
85 Engineer-to-Order 31900
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16688
87 Erlang B Formula 9427
88 ETD 8407
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13614
91 Exponential smoothing 9901
92 External Growth 10176
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9604
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10806
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8901
97 Fishbone Diagram 14706
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27233
99 Flow Through Distribution 12417
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
 
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