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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 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34583
73 Distribution Metrics 9031
74 Distribution Planning 24133
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15143
76 Double Marginalization 52556
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22226
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20537
80 Echelon Inventory 26111
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38196
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49514
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7567
84 Efficient Frontier 25369
85 Engineer-to-Order 31641
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16327
87 Erlang B Formula 9302
88 ETD 8281
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13415
91 Exponential smoothing 9781
92 External Growth 10014
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9376
94 Field Services 7708
95 Field Warehouse 10219
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8701
97 Fishbone Diagram 14550
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26919
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8116
101 FOB Destination 12965
102 Forward buying 29999
103 Freight Charge 10273
104 Freight Consolidation 7486
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11667
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29493
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12624
109 Hub 23341
110 Idle Time 8017
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13869
113 Inbound Logistics 13508
114 Interstate System 10952
115 Inventory Costs 53420
116 Inventory in Transit 16369
117 Inventory Management 54555
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22225
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42445
121 JIT 2 18387
122 Job Production 27428
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9000
124 Kanban Squares 6792
125 Laid-Down Cost 10104
126 Lean Office 5982
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10830
128 Lee's Notation 8524
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14146
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37059
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9199
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7401
133 Logistics Channel 22827
134 Logistics Costs 26574
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6647
136 Manifest 10482
137 Marks and Numbers 12550
138 Material Planning 35003
139 Materials Management 26297
140 Milk Run 42997
141 Mini Land Bridge 14363
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9482
143 Modal Split 15348
144 Movement of Goods 19389
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31492
146 North West Corner Method 16820
147 Numeric Distribution 14144
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28464
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48314
150 Operational Efficiency 9895
151 Operational Objectives 13294
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18088
153 Operational Sustainability 27839
154 Operations Management 20556
155 Order Cancellation 10756
156 Order Cycle 18384
157 Order Cycle Time 23447
158 Order Fill Rate 33942
159 Order Fulfillment 6435
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10254
161 Parts Standardization 9267
162 PDCA Cycle 7939
163 Peak Load Pricing 13322
164 Perfect Order 13141
165 Physical Distribution 24856
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42286
168 Postponement 15240
169 Process Bottleneck 6245
170 Process Checklist Template 6885
 
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