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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 7702
2 3D Loading 4925
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19786
4 5 Point Annual Average 7460
5 5 Whys 20202
6 5S Program 6680
7 ABC Analysis 28506
8 ABC Inventory Control 14955
9 Abnormal Demand 21761
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5981
11 Activity Analysis 9530
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10091
13 Actual Demand 8815
14 Aggregate Planning 10098
15 Air Cargo 8049
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4814
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32233
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13701
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16629
20 Assembly Line 14852
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20640
22 Average Speed of Answer 24796
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19750
24 Batch Production 32314
25 Bill Discounting 11410
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8435
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5552
28 Blanket Release 7745
29 Bonded Warehouse 8325
30 Booking Number 10772
31 Bottleneck 7406
32 Buffer Stock 50154
33 Build to Stock 10926
34 Bullwhip Effect 7225
35 Business Logistics 20983
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10723
37 Capacity Management 31295
38 Capacity Utilization 11326
39 Capital Intensive 6263
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6194
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9858
42 Certified Supplier 7349
43 Channel Effectiveness 7144
44 Co-Destiny 7299
45 Co-managed Inventory 10073
46 Co-Packers 9909
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4694
48 Computer-Based Training 6208
49 Consular Invoice 16747
50 Container Depot 8886
51 Container Freight Station 8697
52 Continuous Replenishment 16961
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10252
54 Contract Carrier 5966
55 Contract of Affreightment 9604
56 Control Charts 6422
57 Cost Flow 8502
58 Courier Service 12416
59 CPFR 6450
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9944
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36139
62 Date Code 14647
63 Days of Supply 17316
64 Dead on Arrival 6979
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5789
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6183
67 Detective Control 7011
68 Devanning 12285
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8444
70 Dispatching 19309
71 Distributed Inventory 6859
72 Distribution Channel Management 28604
73 Distribution Metrics 6416
74 Distribution Planning 21594
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12534
76 Double Marginalization 48163
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19912
78 Dual 3913
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18457
80 Echelon Inventory 23966
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34891
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42556
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5946
84 Efficient Frontier 21604
85 Engineer-to-Order 27673
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13445
87 Erlang B Formula 7267
88 ETD 6501
89 Ex Works 6251
90 Exception Rate 10452
91 Exponential smoothing 8101
92 External Growth 8204
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7627
94 Field Services 6243
95 Field Warehouse 7930
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5606
97 Fishbone Diagram 12486
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22427
99 Flow Through Distribution 10202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6229
 
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