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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 7668
2 3D Loading 4900
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 19749
4 5 Point Annual Average 7435
5 5 Whys 20164
6 5S Program 6654
7 ABC Analysis 28361
8 ABC Inventory Control 14908
9 Abnormal Demand 21722
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5960
11 Activity Analysis 9492
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 9992
13 Actual Demand 8773
14 Aggregate Planning 10060
15 Air Cargo 8019
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4786
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 32175
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 13666
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 16582
20 Assembly Line 14679
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 20607
22 Average Speed of Answer 24764
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 19709
24 Batch Production 32197
25 Bill Discounting 11364
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 8389
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5527
28 Blanket Release 7712
29 Bonded Warehouse 8305
30 Booking Number 10711
31 Bottleneck 7368
32 Buffer Stock 49954
33 Build to Stock 10895
34 Bullwhip Effect 7174
35 Business Logistics 20912
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 10689
37 Capacity Management 31119
38 Capacity Utilization 11269
39 Capital Intensive 6232
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 6158
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 9818
42 Certified Supplier 7323
43 Channel Effectiveness 7103
44 Co-Destiny 7259
45 Co-managed Inventory 10024
46 Co-Packers 9873
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 4662
48 Computer-Based Training 6177
49 Consular Invoice 16686
50 Container Depot 8863
51 Container Freight Station 8670
52 Continuous Replenishment 16896
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 10222
54 Contract Carrier 5943
55 Contract of Affreightment 9573
56 Control Charts 6397
57 Cost Flow 8468
58 Courier Service 12368
59 CPFR 6424
60 Cumulative Lead Time 9909
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 35973
62 Date Code 14599
63 Days of Supply 17271
64 Dead on Arrival 6945
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5761
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 6152
67 Detective Control 6976
68 Devanning 12256
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 8401
70 Dispatching 19238
71 Distributed Inventory 6829
72 Distribution Channel Management 28446
73 Distribution Metrics 6365
74 Distribution Planning 21536
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12470
76 Double Marginalization 48070
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19871
78 Dual 3893
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18417
80 Echelon Inventory 23911
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34831
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42477
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5906
84 Efficient Frontier 21526
85 Engineer-to-Order 27606
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13408
87 Erlang B Formula 7221
88 ETD 6476
89 Ex Works 6219
90 Exception Rate 10407
91 Exponential smoothing 8066
92 External Growth 8178
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7592
94 Field Services 6210
95 Field Warehouse 7879
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5550
97 Fishbone Diagram 12444
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22298
99 Flow Through Distribution 10169
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6196
 
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