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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 7692
2 3D Loading 4917
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19775
4 5 Point Annual Average 7452
5 5 Whys 20187
6 5S Program 6672
7 ABC Analysis 28447
8 ABC Inventory Control 14943
9 Abnormal Demand 21751
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5976
11 Activity Analysis 9519
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10051
13 Actual Demand 8801
14 Aggregate Planning 10085
15 Air Cargo 8040
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4803
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32208
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13687
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16617
20 Assembly Line 14783
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20634
22 Average Speed of Answer 24787
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19733
24 Batch Production 32268
25 Bill Discounting 11391
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8418
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5544
28 Blanket Release 7732
29 Bonded Warehouse 8320
30 Booking Number 10754
31 Bottleneck 7397
32 Buffer Stock 50064
33 Build to Stock 10915
34 Bullwhip Effect 7209
35 Business Logistics 20963
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10711
37 Capacity Management 31223
38 Capacity Utilization 11303
39 Capital Intensive 6252
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6180
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9847
42 Certified Supplier 7340
43 Channel Effectiveness 7125
44 Co-Destiny 7285
45 Co-managed Inventory 10056
46 Co-Packers 9902
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4680
48 Computer-Based Training 6198
49 Consular Invoice 16723
50 Container Depot 8880
51 Container Freight Station 8691
52 Continuous Replenishment 16944
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10242
54 Contract Carrier 5959
55 Contract of Affreightment 9593
56 Control Charts 6416
57 Cost Flow 8494
58 Courier Service 12400
59 CPFR 6438
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9932
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36065
62 Date Code 14625
63 Days of Supply 17298
64 Dead on Arrival 6969
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5780
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6172
67 Detective Control 7000
68 Devanning 12275
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8432
70 Dispatching 19278
71 Distributed Inventory 6850
72 Distribution Channel Management 28526
73 Distribution Metrics 6395
74 Distribution Planning 21565
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12511
76 Double Marginalization 48126
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19901
78 Dual 3907
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18443
80 Echelon Inventory 23950
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34871
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42520
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5932
84 Efficient Frontier 21573
85 Engineer-to-Order 27645
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13432
87 Erlang B Formula 7256
88 ETD 6495
89 Ex Works 6242
90 Exception Rate 10436
91 Exponential smoothing 8092
92 External Growth 8195
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7619
94 Field Services 6235
95 Field Warehouse 7910
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5586
97 Fishbone Diagram 12470
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22365
99 Flow Through Distribution 10193
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6219
 
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