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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 8360
72 Distribution Channel Management 34755
73 Distribution Metrics 9121
74 Distribution Planning 24202
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15219
76 Double Marginalization 52749
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22383
78 Dual 5444
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20618
80 Echelon Inventory 26211
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38274
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49738
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7620
84 Efficient Frontier 25492
85 Engineer-to-Order 31756
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16526
87 Erlang B Formula 9349
88 ETD 8336
89 Ex Works 7837
90 Exception Rate 13498
91 Exponential smoothing 9834
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9525
94 Field Services 7744
95 Field Warehouse 10468
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8768
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27041
99 Flow Through Distribution 12312
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8184
101 FOB Destination 13035
102 Forward buying 30169
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7534
105 Gantt Chart 8290
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11737
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29594
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12685
109 Hub 23437
110 Idle Time 8071
111 Import/Export License 8724
112 In Bond Shipment 13960
113 Inbound Logistics 13588
114 Interstate System 11009
115 Inventory Costs 53641
116 Inventory in Transit 16536
117 Inventory Management 54813
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22308
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42740
121 JIT 2 18444
122 Job Production 27691
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9150
124 Kanban Squares 6840
125 Laid-Down Cost 10192
126 Lean Office 6128
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8573
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14237
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37291
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9276
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22918
134 Logistics Costs 26691
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6693
136 Manifest 10540
137 Marks and Numbers 12612
138 Material Planning 35109
139 Materials Management 26379
140 Milk Run 43118
141 Mini Land Bridge 14424
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9570
143 Modal Split 15429
144 Movement of Goods 19487
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31656
146 North West Corner Method 16873
147 Numeric Distribution 14236
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28556
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48456
150 Operational Efficiency 9948
151 Operational Objectives 13356
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18126
153 Operational Sustainability 28029
154 Operations Management 20792
155 Order Cancellation 10831
156 Order Cycle 18451
157 Order Cycle Time 23523
158 Order Fill Rate 34039
159 Order Fulfillment 6478
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10322
161 Parts Standardization 9322
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13374
164 Perfect Order 13241
165 Physical Distribution 24951
166 Pick List 9846
167 Pipeline inventory 42377
168 Postponement 15296
169 Process Bottleneck 6304
170 Process Checklist Template 6933
 
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