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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 8423
72 Distribution Channel Management 34976
73 Distribution Metrics 9229
74 Distribution Planning 24296
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15324
76 Double Marginalization 52889
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22481
78 Dual 5486
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20700
80 Echelon Inventory 26302
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38355
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49971
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7679
84 Efficient Frontier 25611
85 Engineer-to-Order 31873
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16665
87 Erlang B Formula 9414
88 ETD 8391
89 Ex Works 7884
90 Exception Rate 13589
91 Exponential smoothing 9888
92 External Growth 10163
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9586
94 Field Services 7790
95 Field Warehouse 10736
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8877
97 Fishbone Diagram 14688
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27199
99 Flow Through Distribution 12397
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8253
101 FOB Destination 13137
102 Forward buying 30321
103 Freight Charge 10476
104 Freight Consolidation 7591
105 Gantt Chart 8341
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11820
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29688
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12767
109 Hub 23547
110 Idle Time 8132
111 Import/Export License 8798
112 In Bond Shipment 14061
113 Inbound Logistics 13676
114 Interstate System 11082
115 Inventory Costs 53912
116 Inventory in Transit 16627
117 Inventory Management 55052
118 Inventory Planning System 9934
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22404
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43148
121 JIT 2 18514
122 Job Production 27993
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9210
124 Kanban Squares 6909
125 Laid-Down Cost 10295
126 Lean Office 6192
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10896
128 Lee's Notation 8627
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14360
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37473
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9364
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7578
133 Logistics Channel 23006
134 Logistics Costs 26794
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6732
136 Manifest 10627
137 Marks and Numbers 12714
138 Material Planning 35261
139 Materials Management 26477
140 Milk Run 43262
141 Mini Land Bridge 14496
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9658
143 Modal Split 15531
144 Movement of Goods 19588
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31826
146 North West Corner Method 16927
147 Numeric Distribution 14322
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28667
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48652
150 Operational Efficiency 10010
151 Operational Objectives 13439
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18181
153 Operational Sustainability 28188
154 Operations Management 20979
155 Order Cancellation 10916
156 Order Cycle 18526
157 Order Cycle Time 23610
158 Order Fill Rate 34144
159 Order Fulfillment 6532
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10408
161 Parts Standardization 9389
162 PDCA Cycle 8104
163 Peak Load Pricing 13430
164 Perfect Order 13348
165 Physical Distribution 25078
166 Pick List 9915
167 Pipeline inventory 42496
168 Postponement 15366
169 Process Bottleneck 6369
170 Process Checklist Template 6989
 
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