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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 7697
2 3D Loading 4918
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19778
4 5 Point Annual Average 7457
5 5 Whys 20190
6 5S Program 6673
7 ABC Analysis 28466
8 ABC Inventory Control 14945
9 Abnormal Demand 21753
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5978
11 Activity Analysis 9523
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10061
13 Actual Demand 8805
14 Aggregate Planning 10090
15 Air Cargo 8042
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4806
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32213
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13693
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16619
20 Assembly Line 14804
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20636
22 Average Speed of Answer 24790
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19739
24 Batch Production 32281
25 Bill Discounting 11395
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8425
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5547
28 Blanket Release 7737
29 Bonded Warehouse 8321
30 Booking Number 10762
31 Bottleneck 7398
32 Buffer Stock 50087
33 Build to Stock 10917
34 Bullwhip Effect 7216
35 Business Logistics 20967
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10713
37 Capacity Management 31247
38 Capacity Utilization 11307
39 Capital Intensive 6257
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6183
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9849
42 Certified Supplier 7343
43 Channel Effectiveness 7129
44 Co-Destiny 7290
45 Co-managed Inventory 10060
46 Co-Packers 9903
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4684
48 Computer-Based Training 6200
49 Consular Invoice 16731
50 Container Depot 8880
51 Container Freight Station 8692
52 Continuous Replenishment 16949
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10247
54 Contract Carrier 5962
55 Contract of Affreightment 9597
56 Control Charts 6418
57 Cost Flow 8495
58 Courier Service 12402
59 CPFR 6440
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9936
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36081
62 Date Code 14634
63 Days of Supply 17303
64 Dead on Arrival 6972
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5783
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6172
67 Detective Control 7005
68 Devanning 12277
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8434
70 Dispatching 19290
71 Distributed Inventory 6851
72 Distribution Channel Management 28549
73 Distribution Metrics 6399
74 Distribution Planning 21575
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12514
76 Double Marginalization 48136
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19904
78 Dual 3909
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18449
80 Echelon Inventory 23952
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34875
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42527
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5933
84 Efficient Frontier 21580
85 Engineer-to-Order 27651
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13434
87 Erlang B Formula 7257
88 ETD 6496
89 Ex Works 6245
90 Exception Rate 10443
91 Exponential smoothing 8096
92 External Growth 8197
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7619
94 Field Services 6239
95 Field Warehouse 7917
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5591
97 Fishbone Diagram 12474
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22379
99 Flow Through Distribution 10195
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6219
 
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