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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 10332
2 3D Loading 6510
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 21755
4 5 Point Annual Average 9169
5 5 Whys 22319
6 5S Program 8246
7 ABC Analysis 34265
8 ABC Inventory Control 17233
9 Abnormal Demand 24331
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 7645
11 Activity Analysis 11471
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14520
13 Actual Demand 11188
14 Aggregate Planning 12116
15 Air Cargo 10047
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6630
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34831
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15320
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19170
20 Assembly Line 22306
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22941
22 Average Speed of Answer 26543
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23079
24 Batch Production 38293
25 Bill Discounting 14493
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11187
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7124
28 Blanket Release 9985
29 Bonded Warehouse 10042
30 Booking Number 13745
31 Bottleneck 9481
32 Buffer Stock 59161
33 Build to Stock 12906
34 Bullwhip Effect 9554
35 Business Logistics 25595
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12545
37 Capacity Management 40402
38 Capacity Utilization 14071
39 Capital Intensive 8381
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8704
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12099
42 Certified Supplier 8951
43 Channel Effectiveness 8908
44 Co-Destiny 9272
45 Co-managed Inventory 12444
46 Co-Packers 11745
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6841
48 Computer-Based Training 7675
49 Consular Invoice 19728
50 Container Depot 10586
51 Container Freight Station 10262
52 Continuous Replenishment 19443
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12053
54 Contract Carrier 7307
55 Contract of Affreightment 11392
56 Control Charts 7944
57 Cost Flow 10245
58 Courier Service 15199
59 CPFR 8194
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11770
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44080
62 Date Code 18183
63 Days of Supply 19798
64 Dead on Arrival 9211
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7288
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8083
67 Detective Control 8888
68 Devanning 14192
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10841
70 Dispatching 24441
71 Distributed Inventory 8336
72 Distribution Channel Management 34663
73 Distribution Metrics 9083
74 Distribution Planning 24169
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15182
76 Double Marginalization 52604
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22263
78 Dual 5427
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20577
80 Echelon Inventory 26164
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38232
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49628
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7592
84 Efficient Frontier 25428
85 Engineer-to-Order 31699
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16386
87 Erlang B Formula 9327
88 ETD 8310
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13456
91 Exponential smoothing 9810
92 External Growth 10047
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9400
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10375
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8735
97 Fishbone Diagram 14579
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26978
99 Flow Through Distribution 12285
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8151
 
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