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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 8299
72 Distribution Channel Management 34555
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24124
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15126
76 Double Marginalization 52533
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22214
78 Dual 5398
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20526
80 Echelon Inventory 26095
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38185
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49484
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7561
84 Efficient Frontier 25352
85 Engineer-to-Order 31627
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16310
87 Erlang B Formula 9292
88 ETD 8272
89 Ex Works 7790
90 Exception Rate 13404
91 Exponential smoothing 9774
92 External Growth 10006
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9371
94 Field Services 7702
95 Field Warehouse 10164
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8687
97 Fishbone Diagram 14537
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26898
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8109
101 FOB Destination 12956
102 Forward buying 29982
103 Freight Charge 10266
104 Freight Consolidation 7479
105 Gantt Chart 8243
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11653
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29472
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12615
109 Hub 23323
110 Idle Time 8009
111 Import/Export License 8656
112 In Bond Shipment 13851
113 Inbound Logistics 13492
114 Interstate System 10945
115 Inventory Costs 53386
116 Inventory in Transit 16354
117 Inventory Management 54519
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22213
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42385
121 JIT 2 18380
122 Job Production 27393
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8990
124 Kanban Squares 6783
125 Laid-Down Cost 10092
126 Lean Office 5972
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10826
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14126
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37022
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9182
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7394
133 Logistics Channel 22816
134 Logistics Costs 26559
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6642
136 Manifest 10471
137 Marks and Numbers 12538
138 Material Planning 34988
139 Materials Management 26286
140 Milk Run 42967
141 Mini Land Bridge 14351
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9467
143 Modal Split 15337
144 Movement of Goods 19376
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31463
146 North West Corner Method 16810
147 Numeric Distribution 14129
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28452
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48290
150 Operational Efficiency 9887
151 Operational Objectives 13286
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18083
153 Operational Sustainability 27817
154 Operations Management 20525
155 Order Cancellation 10741
156 Order Cycle 18375
157 Order Cycle Time 23433
158 Order Fill Rate 33932
159 Order Fulfillment 6431
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10238
161 Parts Standardization 9259
162 PDCA Cycle 7935
163 Peak Load Pricing 13312
164 Perfect Order 13127
165 Physical Distribution 24841
166 Pick List 9785
167 Pipeline inventory 42275
168 Postponement 15230
169 Process Bottleneck 6237
170 Process Checklist Template 6878
 
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