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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 8314
72 Distribution Channel Management 34632
73 Distribution Metrics 9058
74 Distribution Planning 24149
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15162
76 Double Marginalization 52587
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22243
78 Dual 5415
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20561
80 Echelon Inventory 26143
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38211
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49570
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7577
84 Efficient Frontier 25401
85 Engineer-to-Order 31669
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16358
87 Erlang B Formula 9310
88 ETD 8293
89 Ex Works 7805
90 Exception Rate 13433
91 Exponential smoothing 9794
92 External Growth 10030
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9392
94 Field Services 7716
95 Field Warehouse 10308
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8714
97 Fishbone Diagram 14564
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26946
99 Flow Through Distribution 12271
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8134
101 FOB Destination 12978
102 Forward buying 30023
103 Freight Charge 10284
104 Freight Consolidation 7492
105 Gantt Chart 8262
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11685
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29517
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12641
109 Hub 23360
110 Idle Time 8029
111 Import/Export License 8676
112 In Bond Shipment 13888
113 Inbound Logistics 13534
114 Interstate System 10964
115 Inventory Costs 53473
116 Inventory in Transit 16389
117 Inventory Management 54600
118 Inventory Planning System 9748
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22244
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42511
121 JIT 2 18399
122 Job Production 27498
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9015
124 Kanban Squares 6803
125 Laid-Down Cost 10122
126 Lean Office 5997
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8537
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14167
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37107
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9215
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22850
134 Logistics Costs 26603
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6657
136 Manifest 10493
137 Marks and Numbers 12563
138 Material Planning 35026
139 Materials Management 26314
140 Milk Run 43031
141 Mini Land Bridge 14380
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9503
143 Modal Split 15368
144 Movement of Goods 19413
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31531
146 North West Corner Method 16828
147 Numeric Distribution 14163
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28491
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48341
150 Operational Efficiency 9908
151 Operational Objectives 13310
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18096
153 Operational Sustainability 27870
154 Operations Management 20594
155 Order Cancellation 10771
156 Order Cycle 18404
157 Order Cycle Time 23464
158 Order Fill Rate 33963
159 Order Fulfillment 6445
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10273
161 Parts Standardization 9276
162 PDCA Cycle 7942
163 Peak Load Pricing 13332
164 Perfect Order 13168
165 Physical Distribution 24876
166 Pick List 9807
167 Pipeline inventory 42314
168 Postponement 15254
169 Process Bottleneck 6253
170 Process Checklist Template 6893
 
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