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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 7018
2 3D Loading 4624
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19410
4 5 Point Annual Average 7019
5 5 Whys 19554
6 5S Program 6398
7 ABC Analysis 26456
8 ABC Inventory Control 14245
9 Abnormal Demand 20653
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5753
11 Activity Analysis 8886
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 8803
13 Actual Demand 8265
14 Aggregate Planning 9709
15 Air Cargo 7702
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4578
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 31113
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13240
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 15877
20 Assembly Line 12024
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20163
22 Average Speed of Answer 24525
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 18842
24 Batch Production 30300
25 Bill Discounting 10449
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 7647
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5263
28 Blanket Release 7197
29 Bonded Warehouse 8063
30 Booking Number 9893
31 Bottleneck 6982
32 Buffer Stock 46772
33 Build to Stock 10387
34 Bullwhip Effect 6584
35 Business Logistics 19438
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10162
37 Capacity Management 28664
38 Capacity Utilization 10661
39 Capital Intensive 5914
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 5730
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9268
42 Certified Supplier 6918
43 Channel Effectiveness 6649
44 Co-Destiny 6810
45 Co-managed Inventory 9466
46 Co-Packers 9269
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4254
48 Computer-Based Training 5762
49 Consular Invoice 15881
50 Container Depot 8597
51 Container Freight Station 8415
52 Continuous Replenishment 16119
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 9899
54 Contract Carrier 5691
55 Contract of Affreightment 9115
56 Control Charts 6112
57 Cost Flow 8107
58 Courier Service 11684
59 CPFR 6189
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9393
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 32756
62 Date Code 13676
63 Days of Supply 16745
64 Dead on Arrival 6493
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5484
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 5785
67 Detective Control 6553
68 Devanning 11922
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 7886
70 Dispatching 17980
71 Distributed Inventory 6581
72 Distribution Channel Management 25799
73 Distribution Metrics 5678
74 Distribution Planning 20521
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 11626
76 Double Marginalization 46277
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19512
78 Dual 3660
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 17869
80 Echelon Inventory 23210
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 33963
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 40867
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5629
84 Efficient Frontier 20339
85 Engineer-to-Order 25838
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 12763
87 Erlang B Formula 6845
88 ETD 6171
89 Ex Works 5856
90 Exception Rate 9594
91 Exponential smoothing 7646
92 External Growth 7895
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7256
94 Field Services 5844
95 Field Warehouse 7301
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 4615
97 Fishbone Diagram 11876
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 20550
99 Flow Through Distribution 9698
100 FOB (Free On Board) 5834
 
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