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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 6269
2 3D Loading 4324
3 3PL (Third Party Logistics) 18950
4 5 Point Annual Average 6547
5 5 Whys 18666
6 5S Program 6101
7 ABC Analysis 23410
8 ABC Inventory Control 13221
9 Abnormal Demand 19457
10 Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) 5417
11 Activity Analysis 7955
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 7680
13 Actual Demand 7456
14 Aggregate Planning 9292
15 Air Cargo 7168
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 4361
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 29531
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 12586
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 14741
20 Assembly Line 7565
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 19545
22 Average Speed of Answer 24053
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 17766
24 Batch Production 26395
25 Bill Discounting 8643
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 6528
27 Blanket Purchase Order 5062
28 Blanket Release 6580
29 Bonded Warehouse 7804
30 Booking Number 8740
31 Bottleneck 6525
32 Buffer Stock 42756
33 Build to Stock 9372
34 Bullwhip Effect 5505
35 Business Logistics 17098
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 9378
37 Capacity Management 24993
38 Capacity Utilization 9625
39 Capital Intensive 5557
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 5324
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 8614
42 Certified Supplier 6343
43 Channel Effectiveness 6110
44 Co-Destiny 6116
45 Co-managed Inventory 8770
46 Co-Packers 8413
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 3618
48 Computer-Based Training 5290
49 Consular Invoice 14422
50 Container Depot 8254
51 Container Freight Station 8117
52 Continuous Replenishment 14880
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 9501
54 Contract Carrier 5392
55 Contract of Affreightment 8301
56 Control Charts 5743
57 Cost Flow 7503
58 Courier Service 10250
59 CPFR 5894
60 Cumulative Lead Time 8583
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 28628
62 Date Code 12278
63 Days of Supply 15949
64 Dead on Arrival 5925
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 5153
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 5283
67 Detective Control 6056
68 Devanning 11416
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 6877
70 Dispatching 15936
71 Distributed Inventory 6191
72 Distribution Channel Management 22466
73 Distribution Metrics 4789
74 Distribution Planning 18828
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 10700
76 Double Marginalization 43882
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19129
78 Dual 3415
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 16926
80 Echelon Inventory 22338
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 32734
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 38963
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5280
84 Efficient Frontier 18821
85 Engineer-to-Order 22570
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 11641
87 Erlang B Formula 6361
88 ETD 5748
89 Ex Works 5425
90 Exception Rate 8334
91 Exponential smoothing 7099
92 External Growth 7622
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 6790
94 Field Services 5475
95 Field Warehouse 6598
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 3099
97 Fishbone Diagram 11096
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 18154
99 Flow Through Distribution 8915
100 FOB (Free On Board) 5426
 
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