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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 10514
2 3D Loading 6588
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21874
4 5 Point Annual Average 9245
5 5 Whys 22405
6 5S Program 8319
7 ABC Analysis 34502
8 ABC Inventory Control 17355
9 Abnormal Demand 24437
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7714
11 Activity Analysis 11558
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14731
13 Actual Demand 11259
14 Aggregate Planning 12290
15 Air Cargo 10166
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6700
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34944
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15376
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19365
20 Assembly Line 22631
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23054
22 Average Speed of Answer 26616
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23251
24 Batch Production 38550
25 Bill Discounting 14615
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11314
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7205
28 Blanket Release 10085
29 Bonded Warehouse 10117
30 Booking Number 13891
31 Bottleneck 9598
32 Buffer Stock 59477
33 Build to Stock 13073
34 Bullwhip Effect 9743
35 Business Logistics 25861
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12626
37 Capacity Management 40804
38 Capacity Utilization 14180
39 Capital Intensive 8495
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8829
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12206
42 Certified Supplier 9010
43 Channel Effectiveness 8981
44 Co-Destiny 9359
45 Co-managed Inventory 12627
46 Co-Packers 11834
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6939
48 Computer-Based Training 7743
49 Consular Invoice 19903
50 Container Depot 10659
51 Container Freight Station 10317
52 Continuous Replenishment 19631
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12140
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11468
56 Control Charts 8012
57 Cost Flow 10340
58 Courier Service 15313
59 CPFR 8274
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11864
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44307
62 Date Code 18340
63 Days of Supply 19921
64 Dead on Arrival 9406
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7358
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8176
67 Detective Control 8969
68 Devanning 14274
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11027
70 Dispatching 24643
71 Distributed Inventory 8412
72 Distribution Channel Management 34933
73 Distribution Metrics 9211
74 Distribution Planning 24277
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15307
76 Double Marginalization 52866
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22467
78 Dual 5481
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20687
80 Echelon Inventory 26285
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38337
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49927
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7669
84 Efficient Frontier 25589
85 Engineer-to-Order 31855
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16638
87 Erlang B Formula 9403
88 ETD 8381
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13572
91 Exponential smoothing 9875
92 External Growth 10149
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7783
95 Field Warehouse 10692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8862
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27170
99 Flow Through Distribution 12383
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8244
 
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