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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 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34226
73 Distribution Metrics 8809
74 Distribution Planning 23967
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14942
76 Double Marginalization 52312
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22059
78 Dual 5311
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20368
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38023
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49071
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25091
85 Engineer-to-Order 31370
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16055
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8132
89 Ex Works 7709
90 Exception Rate 13216
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9867
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9738
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8520
97 Fishbone Diagram 14387
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26639
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7979
101 FOB Destination 12767
102 Forward buying 29807
103 Freight Charge 10145
104 Freight Consolidation 7374
105 Gantt Chart 8151
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11502
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29263
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12479
109 Hub 23132
110 Idle Time 7908
111 Import/Export License 8534
112 In Bond Shipment 13689
113 Inbound Logistics 13292
114 Interstate System 10818
115 Inventory Costs 52955
116 Inventory in Transit 16177
117 Inventory Management 54049
118 Inventory Planning System 9629
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22022
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41689
121 JIT 2 18266
122 Job Production 26880
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8840
124 Kanban Squares 6680
125 Laid-Down Cost 9940
126 Lean Office 5861
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8405
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13919
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36511
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9009
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22636
134 Logistics Costs 26367
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6575
136 Manifest 10314
137 Marks and Numbers 12321
138 Material Planning 34717
139 Materials Management 26099
140 Milk Run 42645
141 Mini Land Bridge 14208
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9283
143 Modal Split 15087
144 Movement of Goods 19198
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31193
146 North West Corner Method 16690
147 Numeric Distribution 13931
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28237
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47993
150 Operational Efficiency 9752
151 Operational Objectives 13166
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17977
153 Operational Sustainability 27594
154 Operations Management 20098
155 Order Cancellation 10517
156 Order Cycle 18232
157 Order Cycle Time 23288
158 Order Fill Rate 33727
159 Order Fulfillment 6334
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10087
161 Parts Standardization 9136
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12910
165 Physical Distribution 24661
166 Pick List 9666
167 Pipeline inventory 42061
168 Postponement 15090
169 Process Bottleneck 6105
170 Process Checklist Template 6747
 
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