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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 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34077
73 Distribution Metrics 8725
74 Distribution Planning 23907
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14864
76 Double Marginalization 52219
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21999
78 Dual 5272
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20305
80 Echelon Inventory 25868
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37964
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48894
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7413
84 Efficient Frontier 24989
85 Engineer-to-Order 31274
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9104
88 ETD 8095
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13157
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9215
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9695
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8440
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26543
99 Flow Through Distribution 12055
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12691
102 Forward buying 29736
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7331
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11431
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29195
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12433
109 Hub 23063
110 Idle Time 7871
111 Import/Export License 8489
112 In Bond Shipment 13625
113 Inbound Logistics 13228
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52788
116 Inventory in Transit 16110
117 Inventory Management 53881
118 Inventory Planning System 9591
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21941
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41439
121 JIT 2 18219
122 Job Production 26675
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8772
124 Kanban Squares 6628
125 Laid-Down Cost 9898
126 Lean Office 5812
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10743
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13839
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36332
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8964
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7280
133 Logistics Channel 22574
134 Logistics Costs 26297
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6542
136 Manifest 10247
137 Marks and Numbers 12268
138 Material Planning 34592
139 Materials Management 26040
140 Milk Run 42469
141 Mini Land Bridge 14144
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9205
143 Modal Split 14995
144 Movement of Goods 19142
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31084
146 North West Corner Method 16654
147 Numeric Distribution 13859
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28156
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47874
150 Operational Efficiency 9693
151 Operational Objectives 13117
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17939
153 Operational Sustainability 27513
154 Operations Management 19913
155 Order Cancellation 10428
156 Order Cycle 18176
157 Order Cycle Time 23202
158 Order Fill Rate 33649
159 Order Fulfillment 6293
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10048
161 Parts Standardization 9084
162 PDCA Cycle 7823
163 Peak Load Pricing 13141
164 Perfect Order 12838
165 Physical Distribution 24572
166 Pick List 9618
167 Pipeline inventory 41961
168 Postponement 15038
169 Process Bottleneck 6057
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
 
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