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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 8321
72 Distribution Channel Management 34641
73 Distribution Metrics 9063
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15165
76 Double Marginalization 52592
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22246
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20565
80 Echelon Inventory 26148
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38216
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49590
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7580
84 Efficient Frontier 25407
85 Engineer-to-Order 31677
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16366
87 Erlang B Formula 9315
88 ETD 8299
89 Ex Works 7809
90 Exception Rate 13438
91 Exponential smoothing 9799
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9396
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10323
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8717
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26953
99 Flow Through Distribution 12276
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12982
102 Forward buying 30026
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7495
105 Gantt Chart 8265
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11690
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29523
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12644
109 Hub 23368
110 Idle Time 8035
111 Import/Export License 8679
112 In Bond Shipment 13894
113 Inbound Logistics 13540
114 Interstate System 10968
115 Inventory Costs 53485
116 Inventory in Transit 16398
117 Inventory Management 54610
118 Inventory Planning System 9751
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22246
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42530
121 JIT 2 18404
122 Job Production 27512
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9018
124 Kanban Squares 6806
125 Laid-Down Cost 10126
126 Lean Office 6002
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10835
128 Lee's Notation 8540
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14172
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37118
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9220
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7409
133 Logistics Channel 22857
134 Logistics Costs 26609
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6659
136 Manifest 10499
137 Marks and Numbers 12566
138 Material Planning 35031
139 Materials Management 26318
140 Milk Run 43040
141 Mini Land Bridge 14383
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9506
143 Modal Split 15371
144 Movement of Goods 19416
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31542
146 North West Corner Method 16830
147 Numeric Distribution 14169
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28495
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48350
150 Operational Efficiency 9911
151 Operational Objectives 13313
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18099
153 Operational Sustainability 27876
154 Operations Management 20601
155 Order Cancellation 10780
156 Order Cycle 18408
157 Order Cycle Time 23469
158 Order Fill Rate 33967
159 Order Fulfillment 6447
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10276
161 Parts Standardization 9279
162 PDCA Cycle 7945
163 Peak Load Pricing 13335
164 Perfect Order 13179
165 Physical Distribution 24882
166 Pick List 9811
167 Pipeline inventory 42320
168 Postponement 15260
169 Process Bottleneck 6256
170 Process Checklist Template 6898
 
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