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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 8349
72 Distribution Channel Management 34707
73 Distribution Metrics 9100
74 Distribution Planning 24188
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52679
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22336
78 Dual 5438
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26190
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38250
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49691
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7609
84 Efficient Frontier 25455
85 Engineer-to-Order 31720
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16464
87 Erlang B Formula 9341
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7829
90 Exception Rate 13480
91 Exponential smoothing 9822
92 External Growth 10065
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9472
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10420
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8747
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27007
99 Flow Through Distribution 12302
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8167
101 FOB Destination 13016
102 Forward buying 30115
103 Freight Charge 10372
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11721
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12672
109 Hub 23409
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13937
113 Inbound Logistics 13570
114 Interstate System 10995
115 Inventory Costs 53594
116 Inventory in Transit 16488
117 Inventory Management 54741
118 Inventory Planning System 9830
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22285
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42660
121 JIT 2 18430
122 Job Production 27633
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9102
124 Kanban Squares 6824
125 Laid-Down Cost 10171
126 Lean Office 6088
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10848
128 Lee's Notation 8564
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14212
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37227
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9259
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7488
133 Logistics Channel 22892
134 Logistics Costs 26655
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6682
136 Manifest 10526
137 Marks and Numbers 12596
138 Material Planning 35084
139 Materials Management 26362
140 Milk Run 43091
141 Mini Land Bridge 14411
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9547
143 Modal Split 15409
144 Movement of Goods 19468
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31616
146 North West Corner Method 16856
147 Numeric Distribution 14215
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28540
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48426
150 Operational Efficiency 9938
151 Operational Objectives 13346
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18119
153 Operational Sustainability 27971
154 Operations Management 20710
155 Order Cancellation 10814
156 Order Cycle 18441
157 Order Cycle Time 23507
158 Order Fill Rate 34017
159 Order Fulfillment 6470
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10308
161 Parts Standardization 9309
162 PDCA Cycle 8022
163 Peak Load Pricing 13365
164 Perfect Order 13219
165 Physical Distribution 24935
166 Pick List 9837
167 Pipeline inventory 42353
168 Postponement 15286
169 Process Bottleneck 6290
170 Process Checklist Template 6926
 
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