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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 7715
2 3D Loading 4929
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19793
4 5 Point Annual Average 7467
5 5 Whys 20208
6 5S Program 6685
7 ABC Analysis 28546
8 ABC Inventory Control 14967
9 Abnormal Demand 21782
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5987
11 Activity Analysis 9537
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10110
13 Actual Demand 8833
14 Aggregate Planning 10106
15 Air Cargo 8061
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4818
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32241
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13707
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16639
20 Assembly Line 14902
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20647
22 Average Speed of Answer 24801
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19761
24 Batch Production 32358
25 Bill Discounting 11428
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8449
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5559
28 Blanket Release 7757
29 Bonded Warehouse 8331
30 Booking Number 10786
31 Bottleneck 7418
32 Buffer Stock 50220
33 Build to Stock 10932
34 Bullwhip Effect 7230
35 Business Logistics 21007
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10730
37 Capacity Management 31353
38 Capacity Utilization 11341
39 Capital Intensive 6269
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6200
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9865
42 Certified Supplier 7357
43 Channel Effectiveness 7152
44 Co-Destiny 7307
45 Co-managed Inventory 10087
46 Co-Packers 9919
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4697
48 Computer-Based Training 6214
49 Consular Invoice 16771
50 Container Depot 8893
51 Container Freight Station 8710
52 Continuous Replenishment 16981
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10260
54 Contract Carrier 5972
55 Contract of Affreightment 9615
56 Control Charts 6427
57 Cost Flow 8514
58 Courier Service 12427
59 CPFR 6460
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9955
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36205
62 Date Code 14664
63 Days of Supply 17329
64 Dead on Arrival 6986
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5795
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6195
67 Detective Control 7017
68 Devanning 12291
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8458
70 Dispatching 19335
71 Distributed Inventory 6866
72 Distribution Channel Management 28657
73 Distribution Metrics 6431
74 Distribution Planning 21614
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12557
76 Double Marginalization 48193
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19921
78 Dual 3917
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18469
80 Echelon Inventory 23982
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34903
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42585
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5950
84 Efficient Frontier 21619
85 Engineer-to-Order 27699
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13456
87 Erlang B Formula 7283
88 ETD 6506
89 Ex Works 6258
90 Exception Rate 10473
91 Exponential smoothing 8109
92 External Growth 8210
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7632
94 Field Services 6251
95 Field Warehouse 7945
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5616
97 Fishbone Diagram 12490
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22467
99 Flow Through Distribution 10210
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6234
 
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