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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 10136
2 3D Loading 6401
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21550
4 5 Point Annual Average 9048
5 5 Whys 22194
6 5S Program 8122
7 ABC Analysis 33890
8 ABC Inventory Control 17070
9 Abnormal Demand 24161
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7517
11 Activity Analysis 11320
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14166
13 Actual Demand 11032
14 Aggregate Planning 11967
15 Air Cargo 9879
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6489
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34627
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15222
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18987
20 Assembly Line 21782
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22736
22 Average Speed of Answer 26415
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22792
24 Batch Production 37827
25 Bill Discounting 14232
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10932
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6977
28 Blanket Release 9824
29 Bonded Warehouse 9915
30 Booking Number 13508
31 Bottleneck 9308
32 Buffer Stock 58598
33 Build to Stock 12775
34 Bullwhip Effect 9364
35 Business Logistics 25255
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12383
37 Capacity Management 39855
38 Capacity Utilization 13867
39 Capital Intensive 8190
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8481
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11926
42 Certified Supplier 8851
43 Channel Effectiveness 8811
44 Co-Destiny 9102
45 Co-managed Inventory 12276
46 Co-Packers 11603
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6685
48 Computer-Based Training 7550
49 Consular Invoice 19442
50 Container Depot 10438
51 Container Freight Station 10167
52 Continuous Replenishment 19279
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11902
54 Contract Carrier 7232
55 Contract of Affreightment 11259
56 Control Charts 7817
57 Cost Flow 10128
58 Courier Service 14990
59 CPFR 8068
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11607
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43643
62 Date Code 17901
63 Days of Supply 19592
64 Dead on Arrival 9030
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7147
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7931
67 Detective Control 8753
68 Devanning 14068
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10680
70 Dispatching 23928
71 Distributed Inventory 8214
72 Distribution Channel Management 34278
73 Distribution Metrics 8849
74 Distribution Planning 23993
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14968
76 Double Marginalization 52348
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22087
78 Dual 5327
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20392
80 Echelon Inventory 25944
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38054
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49148
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7466
84 Efficient Frontier 25140
85 Engineer-to-Order 31417
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16097
87 Erlang B Formula 9171
88 ETD 8160
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13246
91 Exponential smoothing 9682
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9273
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9756
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8547
97 Fishbone Diagram 14415
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26688
99 Flow Through Distribution 12129
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8004
 
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