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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


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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71 Distributed Inventory 6802
72 Distribution Channel Management 28213
73 Distribution Metrics 6291
74 Distribution Planning 21447
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12386
76 Double Marginalization 47915
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19830
78 Dual 3870
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18362
80 Echelon Inventory 23847
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34726
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42307
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5874
84 Efficient Frontier 21409
85 Engineer-to-Order 27482
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13336
87 Erlang B Formula 7187
88 ETD 6441
89 Ex Works 6175
90 Exception Rate 10333
91 Exponential smoothing 8020
92 External Growth 8138
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7556
94 Field Services 6160
95 Field Warehouse 7824
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5440
97 Fishbone Diagram 12389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22115
99 Flow Through Distribution 10131
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6160
101 FOB Destination 10050
102 Forward buying 27037
103 Freight Charge 8761
104 Freight Consolidation 5875
105 Gantt Chart 6929
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9073
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26086
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10797
109 Hub 20424
110 Idle Time 6485
111 Import/Export License 6716
112 In Bond Shipment 11569
113 Inbound Logistics 11379
114 Interstate System 9414
115 Inventory Costs 45217
116 Inventory in Transit 13362
117 Inventory Management 45468
118 Inventory Planning System 7606
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19222
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32006
121 JIT 2 16710
122 Job Production 19258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7171
124 Kanban Squares 5323
125 Laid-Down Cost 8151
126 Lean Office 4756
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9727
128 Lee's Notation 6499
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 10923
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32119
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 7061
132 Linear and Logistics Model 5923
133 Logistics Channel 20056
134 Logistics Costs 23613
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 5342
136 Manifest 8076
137 Marks and Numbers 9881
138 Material Planning 28907
139 Materials Management 22962
140 Milk Run 37031
141 Mini Land Bridge 12409
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 7760
143 Modal Split 12559
144 Movement of Goods 15807
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 27514
146 North West Corner Method 15115
147 Numeric Distribution 11043
148 One Level Distribution Channel 25211
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 43918
150 Operational Efficiency 8280
151 Operational Objectives 11516
152 Operational Performance Measurements 16354
153 Operational Sustainability 24391
154 Operations Management 14027
155 Order Cancellation 8304
156 Order Cycle 16600
157 Order Cycle Time 21075
158 Order Fill Rate 31327
159 Order Fulfillment 5052
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 8658
161 Parts Standardization 7717
162 PDCA Cycle 6703
163 Peak Load Pricing 11854
164 Perfect Order 10678
165 Physical Distribution 21687
166 Pick List 8076
167 Pipeline inventory 38748
168 Postponement 13248
169 Process Bottleneck 4964
170 Process Checklist Template 5754
 
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