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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 10451
2 3D Loading 6549
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21812
4 5 Point Annual Average 9201
5 5 Whys 22361
6 5S Program 8283
7 ABC Analysis 34378
8 ABC Inventory Control 17288
9 Abnormal Demand 24383
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7680
11 Activity Analysis 11508
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14629
13 Actual Demand 11225
14 Aggregate Planning 12255
15 Air Cargo 10098
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6670
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34891
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15348
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19319
20 Assembly Line 22474
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23000
22 Average Speed of Answer 26578
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23163
24 Batch Production 38426
25 Bill Discounting 14555
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11246
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7167
28 Blanket Release 10039
29 Bonded Warehouse 10080
30 Booking Number 13818
31 Bottleneck 9544
32 Buffer Stock 59323
33 Build to Stock 13034
34 Bullwhip Effect 9693
35 Business Logistics 25770
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12585
37 Capacity Management 40601
38 Capacity Utilization 14128
39 Capital Intensive 8433
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8764
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12154
42 Certified Supplier 8978
43 Channel Effectiveness 8946
44 Co-Destiny 9317
45 Co-managed Inventory 12580
46 Co-Packers 11798
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6895
48 Computer-Based Training 7704
49 Consular Invoice 19821
50 Container Depot 10624
51 Container Freight Station 10293
52 Continuous Replenishment 19583
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12096
54 Contract Carrier 7328
55 Contract of Affreightment 11433
56 Control Charts 7976
57 Cost Flow 10290
58 Courier Service 15263
59 CPFR 8242
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11820
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44203
62 Date Code 18260
63 Days of Supply 19860
64 Dead on Arrival 9341
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7326
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8129
67 Detective Control 8926
68 Devanning 14225
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10982
70 Dispatching 24553
71 Distributed Inventory 8372
72 Distribution Channel Management 34789
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24225
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15239
76 Double Marginalization 52780
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22403
78 Dual 5454
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20631
80 Echelon Inventory 26234
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49782
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7632
84 Efficient Frontier 25513
85 Engineer-to-Order 31781
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16552
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8345
89 Ex Works 7848
90 Exception Rate 13511
91 Exponential smoothing 9843
92 External Growth 10093
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7753
95 Field Warehouse 10533
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8789
97 Fishbone Diagram 14627
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27068
99 Flow Through Distribution 12330
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8197
 
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