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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 8440
72 Distribution Channel Management 35041
73 Distribution Metrics 9262
74 Distribution Planning 24327
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15360
76 Double Marginalization 52942
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22509
78 Dual 5497
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20723
80 Echelon Inventory 26345
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38387
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50040
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7698
84 Efficient Frontier 25650
85 Engineer-to-Order 31910
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16702
87 Erlang B Formula 9435
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7902
90 Exception Rate 13621
91 Exponential smoothing 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9611
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10827
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8910
97 Fishbone Diagram 14710
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27244
99 Flow Through Distribution 12425
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8281
101 FOB Destination 13161
102 Forward buying 30356
103 Freight Charge 10493
104 Freight Consolidation 7603
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11848
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29715
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12789
109 Hub 23575
110 Idle Time 8150
111 Import/Export License 8816
112 In Bond Shipment 14084
113 Inbound Logistics 13701
114 Interstate System 11099
115 Inventory Costs 53981
116 Inventory in Transit 16667
117 Inventory Management 55121
118 Inventory Planning System 9951
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22439
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43221
121 JIT 2 18536
122 Job Production 28072
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9235
124 Kanban Squares 6933
125 Laid-Down Cost 10328
126 Lean Office 6213
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14398
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37538
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9390
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23030
134 Logistics Costs 26827
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6743
136 Manifest 10655
137 Marks and Numbers 12745
138 Material Planning 35301
139 Materials Management 26507
140 Milk Run 43305
141 Mini Land Bridge 14520
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9693
143 Modal Split 15557
144 Movement of Goods 19614
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31865
146 North West Corner Method 16945
147 Numeric Distribution 14353
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28697
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48711
150 Operational Efficiency 10028
151 Operational Objectives 13462
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18195
153 Operational Sustainability 28222
154 Operations Management 21024
155 Order Cancellation 10934
156 Order Cycle 18548
157 Order Cycle Time 23634
158 Order Fill Rate 34173
159 Order Fulfillment 6554
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10431
161 Parts Standardization 9403
162 PDCA Cycle 8116
163 Peak Load Pricing 13447
164 Perfect Order 13378
165 Physical Distribution 25109
166 Pick List 9933
167 Pipeline inventory 42532
168 Postponement 15394
169 Process Bottleneck 6389
170 Process Checklist Template 7000
 
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