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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 8367
72 Distribution Channel Management 34777
73 Distribution Metrics 9130
74 Distribution Planning 24214
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15229
76 Double Marginalization 52767
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22396
78 Dual 5449
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20625
80 Echelon Inventory 26223
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38288
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49772
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7629
84 Efficient Frontier 25504
85 Engineer-to-Order 31767
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16542
87 Erlang B Formula 9358
88 ETD 8342
89 Ex Works 7844
90 Exception Rate 13507
91 Exponential smoothing 9840
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9530
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10505
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8782
97 Fishbone Diagram 14620
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27056
99 Flow Through Distribution 12323
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8189
101 FOB Destination 13046
102 Forward buying 30183
103 Freight Charge 10421
104 Freight Consolidation 7539
105 Gantt Chart 8299
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11746
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29602
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12698
109 Hub 23452
110 Idle Time 8077
111 Import/Export License 8733
112 In Bond Shipment 13968
113 Inbound Logistics 13599
114 Interstate System 11018
115 Inventory Costs 53685
116 Inventory in Transit 16549
117 Inventory Management 54842
118 Inventory Planning System 9883
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22317
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42781
121 JIT 2 18453
122 Job Production 27727
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9158
124 Kanban Squares 6850
125 Laid-Down Cost 10206
126 Lean Office 6133
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10866
128 Lee's Notation 8579
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14254
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37315
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9285
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7539
133 Logistics Channel 22929
134 Logistics Costs 26703
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6700
136 Manifest 10551
137 Marks and Numbers 12622
138 Material Planning 35126
139 Materials Management 26389
140 Milk Run 43137
141 Mini Land Bridge 14431
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9577
143 Modal Split 15446
144 Movement of Goods 19502
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31677
146 North West Corner Method 16879
147 Numeric Distribution 14243
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28574
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48483
150 Operational Efficiency 9957
151 Operational Objectives 13365
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18132
153 Operational Sustainability 28048
154 Operations Management 20824
155 Order Cancellation 10845
156 Order Cycle 18459
157 Order Cycle Time 23533
158 Order Fill Rate 34053
159 Order Fulfillment 6484
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10334
161 Parts Standardization 9331
162 PDCA Cycle 8063
163 Peak Load Pricing 13381
164 Perfect Order 13252
165 Physical Distribution 24959
166 Pick List 9858
167 Pipeline inventory 42390
168 Postponement 15305
169 Process Bottleneck 6313
170 Process Checklist Template 6940
 
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