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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 10317
2 3D Loading 6503
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21741
4 5 Point Annual Average 9160
5 5 Whys 22309
6 5S Program 8238
7 ABC Analysis 34232
8 ABC Inventory Control 17219
9 Abnormal Demand 24318
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7636
11 Activity Analysis 11457
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14497
13 Actual Demand 11178
14 Aggregate Planning 12106
15 Air Cargo 10035
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6620
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34816
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15312
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19159
20 Assembly Line 22273
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22929
22 Average Speed of Answer 26533
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23055
24 Batch Production 38270
25 Bill Discounting 14474
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11162
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7115
28 Blanket Release 9975
29 Bonded Warehouse 10036
30 Booking Number 13731
31 Bottleneck 9468
32 Buffer Stock 59133
33 Build to Stock 12894
34 Bullwhip Effect 9543
35 Business Logistics 25575
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12535
37 Capacity Management 40373
38 Capacity Utilization 14057
39 Capital Intensive 8369
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8687
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12086
42 Certified Supplier 8944
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9261
45 Co-managed Inventory 12433
46 Co-Packers 11734
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6827
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19702
50 Container Depot 10578
51 Container Freight Station 10253
52 Continuous Replenishment 19431
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12037
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11380
56 Control Charts 7932
57 Cost Flow 10233
58 Courier Service 15183
59 CPFR 8185
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11758
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44054
62 Date Code 18165
63 Days of Supply 19785
64 Dead on Arrival 9203
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7276
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8073
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14179
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10830
70 Dispatching 24411
71 Distributed Inventory 8322
72 Distribution Channel Management 34645
73 Distribution Metrics 9067
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15168
76 Double Marginalization 52594
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22250
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20565
80 Echelon Inventory 26151
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38216
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49595
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7581
84 Efficient Frontier 25408
85 Engineer-to-Order 31683
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16371
87 Erlang B Formula 9315
88 ETD 8302
89 Ex Works 7810
90 Exception Rate 13439
91 Exponential smoothing 9801
92 External Growth 10033
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10329
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8721
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26954
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
 
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