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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 7712
2 3D Loading 4929
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19791
4 5 Point Annual Average 7467
5 5 Whys 20205
6 5S Program 6685
7 ABC Analysis 28543
8 ABC Inventory Control 14964
9 Abnormal Demand 21780
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5985
11 Activity Analysis 9537
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 10106
13 Actual Demand 8831
14 Aggregate Planning 10105
15 Air Cargo 8061
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4817
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32241
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13706
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16637
20 Assembly Line 14895
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20644
22 Average Speed of Answer 24800
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19759
24 Batch Production 32349
25 Bill Discounting 11426
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8446
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5558
28 Blanket Release 7754
29 Bonded Warehouse 8330
30 Booking Number 10785
31 Bottleneck 7415
32 Buffer Stock 50204
33 Build to Stock 10932
34 Bullwhip Effect 7230
35 Business Logistics 21004
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10730
37 Capacity Management 31343
38 Capacity Utilization 11336
39 Capital Intensive 6267
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6198
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9865
42 Certified Supplier 7356
43 Channel Effectiveness 7150
44 Co-Destiny 7305
45 Co-managed Inventory 10085
46 Co-Packers 9916
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4697
48 Computer-Based Training 6213
49 Consular Invoice 16767
50 Container Depot 8892
51 Container Freight Station 8707
52 Continuous Replenishment 16977
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10258
54 Contract Carrier 5971
55 Contract of Affreightment 9613
56 Control Charts 6426
57 Cost Flow 8513
58 Courier Service 12427
59 CPFR 6459
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9952
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 36192
62 Date Code 14661
63 Days of Supply 17326
64 Dead on Arrival 6982
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5793
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6195
67 Detective Control 7016
68 Devanning 12291
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8456
70 Dispatching 19333
71 Distributed Inventory 6863
72 Distribution Channel Management 28648
73 Distribution Metrics 6428
74 Distribution Planning 21608
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12552
76 Double Marginalization 48187
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19921
78 Dual 3916
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18468
80 Echelon Inventory 23982
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34899
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42583
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5949
84 Efficient Frontier 21618
85 Engineer-to-Order 27694
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13455
87 Erlang B Formula 7281
88 ETD 6506
89 Ex Works 6257
90 Exception Rate 10467
91 Exponential smoothing 8109
92 External Growth 8210
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7631
94 Field Services 6250
95 Field Warehouse 7943
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5615
97 Fishbone Diagram 12490
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22462
99 Flow Through Distribution 10209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6234
 
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