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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 8304
72 Distribution Channel Management 34578
73 Distribution Metrics 9029
74 Distribution Planning 24130
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15139
76 Double Marginalization 52553
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22225
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20533
80 Echelon Inventory 26111
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38194
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49511
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7566
84 Efficient Frontier 25367
85 Engineer-to-Order 31638
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16324
87 Erlang B Formula 9300
88 ETD 8278
89 Ex Works 7796
90 Exception Rate 13412
91 Exponential smoothing 9780
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10208
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8698
97 Fishbone Diagram 14548
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26913
99 Flow Through Distribution 12253
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12964
102 Forward buying 29996
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7486
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29487
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23338
110 Idle Time 8016
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13865
113 Inbound Logistics 13506
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53414
116 Inventory in Transit 16365
117 Inventory Management 54551
118 Inventory Planning System 9738
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22223
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42439
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27425
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8998
124 Kanban Squares 6789
125 Laid-Down Cost 10103
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10829
128 Lee's Notation 8522
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14143
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37055
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9197
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7400
133 Logistics Channel 22825
134 Logistics Costs 26571
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6646
136 Manifest 10480
137 Marks and Numbers 12548
138 Material Planning 35001
139 Materials Management 26295
140 Milk Run 42992
141 Mini Land Bridge 14361
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9479
143 Modal Split 15346
144 Movement of Goods 19386
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31486
146 North West Corner Method 16817
147 Numeric Distribution 14142
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28463
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48310
150 Operational Efficiency 9894
151 Operational Objectives 13292
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18087
153 Operational Sustainability 27838
154 Operations Management 20551
155 Order Cancellation 10753
156 Order Cycle 18381
157 Order Cycle Time 23441
158 Order Fill Rate 33941
159 Order Fulfillment 6434
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10252
161 Parts Standardization 9265
162 PDCA Cycle 7937
163 Peak Load Pricing 13319
164 Perfect Order 13136
165 Physical Distribution 24854
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42283
168 Postponement 15240
169 Process Bottleneck 6243
170 Process Checklist Template 6884
 
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