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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 8402
72 Distribution Channel Management 34900
73 Distribution Metrics 9195
74 Distribution Planning 24261
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15291
76 Double Marginalization 52849
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22452
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20670
80 Echelon Inventory 26268
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38324
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49892
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7661
84 Efficient Frontier 25579
85 Engineer-to-Order 31840
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16621
87 Erlang B Formula 9393
88 ETD 8370
89 Ex Works 7870
90 Exception Rate 13553
91 Exponential smoothing 9864
92 External Growth 10135
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7775
95 Field Warehouse 10647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14665
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27155
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8228
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30273
103 Freight Charge 10452
104 Freight Consolidation 7576
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11789
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29657
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12744
109 Hub 23510
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8773
112 In Bond Shipment 14025
113 Inbound Logistics 13645
114 Interstate System 11054
115 Inventory Costs 53826
116 Inventory in Transit 16593
117 Inventory Management 54976
118 Inventory Planning System 9911
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22365
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43049
121 JIT 2 18494
122 Job Production 27883
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9186
124 Kanban Squares 6880
125 Laid-Down Cost 10263
126 Lean Office 6166
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10886
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14324
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37421
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9340
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7562
133 Logistics Channel 22974
134 Logistics Costs 26750
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6719
136 Manifest 10595
137 Marks and Numbers 12685
138 Material Planning 35217
139 Materials Management 26442
140 Milk Run 43212
141 Mini Land Bridge 14469
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9627
143 Modal Split 15497
144 Movement of Goods 19552
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31777
146 North West Corner Method 16908
147 Numeric Distribution 14293
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28631
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48581
150 Operational Efficiency 9989
151 Operational Objectives 13411
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18162
153 Operational Sustainability 28149
154 Operations Management 20935
155 Order Cancellation 10891
156 Order Cycle 18504
157 Order Cycle Time 23581
158 Order Fill Rate 34111
159 Order Fulfillment 6511
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10377
161 Parts Standardization 9363
162 PDCA Cycle 8087
163 Peak Load Pricing 13409
164 Perfect Order 13313
165 Physical Distribution 25035
166 Pick List 9897
167 Pipeline inventory 42458
168 Postponement 15344
169 Process Bottleneck 6342
170 Process Checklist Template 6966
 
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