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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 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34894
73 Distribution Metrics 9190
74 Distribution Planning 24255
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15286
76 Double Marginalization 52843
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22449
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20666
80 Echelon Inventory 26263
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38319
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49881
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7658
84 Efficient Frontier 25574
85 Engineer-to-Order 31839
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16617
87 Erlang B Formula 9389
88 ETD 8368
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13550
91 Exponential smoothing 9862
92 External Growth 10130
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9564
94 Field Services 7772
95 Field Warehouse 10640
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8843
97 Fishbone Diagram 14662
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27147
99 Flow Through Distribution 12363
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8224
101 FOB Destination 13108
102 Forward buying 30266
103 Freight Charge 10451
104 Freight Consolidation 7572
105 Gantt Chart 8328
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11786
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29653
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12740
109 Hub 23508
110 Idle Time 8108
111 Import/Export License 8770
112 In Bond Shipment 14024
113 Inbound Logistics 13643
114 Interstate System 11053
115 Inventory Costs 53821
116 Inventory in Transit 16590
117 Inventory Management 54967
118 Inventory Planning System 9910
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22362
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43035
121 JIT 2 18492
122 Job Production 27877
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9183
124 Kanban Squares 6877
125 Laid-Down Cost 10260
126 Lean Office 6162
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10885
128 Lee's Notation 8606
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14319
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37413
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9337
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7561
133 Logistics Channel 22971
134 Logistics Costs 26746
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6716
136 Manifest 10590
137 Marks and Numbers 12679
138 Material Planning 35213
139 Materials Management 26437
140 Milk Run 43204
141 Mini Land Bridge 14466
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9623
143 Modal Split 15493
144 Movement of Goods 19550
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31774
146 North West Corner Method 16906
147 Numeric Distribution 14289
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28627
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48575
150 Operational Efficiency 9986
151 Operational Objectives 13408
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18160
153 Operational Sustainability 28142
154 Operations Management 20931
155 Order Cancellation 10886
156 Order Cycle 18499
157 Order Cycle Time 23578
158 Order Fill Rate 34108
159 Order Fulfillment 6509
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10374
161 Parts Standardization 9362
162 PDCA Cycle 8085
163 Peak Load Pricing 13405
164 Perfect Order 13309
165 Physical Distribution 25032
166 Pick List 9891
167 Pipeline inventory 42454
168 Postponement 15343
169 Process Bottleneck 6340
170 Process Checklist Template 6964
 
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