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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 8145
72 Distribution Channel Management 33964
73 Distribution Metrics 8664
74 Distribution Planning 23850
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14806
76 Double Marginalization 52123
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21955
78 Dual 5230
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25826
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37915
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48746
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7380
84 Efficient Frontier 24904
85 Engineer-to-Order 31202
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15876
87 Erlang B Formula 9053
88 ETD 8058
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13100
91 Exponential smoothing 9584
92 External Growth 9791
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9180
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9653
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8387
97 Fishbone Diagram 14276
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26468
99 Flow Through Distribution 12007
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7890
101 FOB Destination 12642
102 Forward buying 29670
103 Freight Charge 10069
104 Freight Consolidation 7291
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11367
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29124
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 22999
110 Idle Time 7838
111 Import/Export License 8450
112 In Bond Shipment 13572
113 Inbound Logistics 13172
114 Interstate System 10758
115 Inventory Costs 52636
116 Inventory in Transit 16051
117 Inventory Management 53748
118 Inventory Planning System 9551
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21858
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41212
121 JIT 2 18184
122 Job Production 26508
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8729
124 Kanban Squares 6590
125 Laid-Down Cost 9868
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13770
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36194
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8929
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7223
133 Logistics Channel 22522
134 Logistics Costs 26235
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6520
136 Manifest 10198
137 Marks and Numbers 12231
138 Material Planning 34507
139 Materials Management 25989
140 Milk Run 42345
141 Mini Land Bridge 14096
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9142
143 Modal Split 14921
144 Movement of Goods 19081
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31013
146 North West Corner Method 16620
147 Numeric Distribution 13807
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28101
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47791
150 Operational Efficiency 9648
151 Operational Objectives 13084
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17914
153 Operational Sustainability 27428
154 Operations Management 19781
155 Order Cancellation 10374
156 Order Cycle 18133
157 Order Cycle Time 23145
158 Order Fill Rate 33573
159 Order Fulfillment 6260
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10017
161 Parts Standardization 9049
162 PDCA Cycle 7801
163 Peak Load Pricing 13084
164 Perfect Order 12769
165 Physical Distribution 24505
166 Pick List 9575
167 Pipeline inventory 41885
168 Postponement 14994
169 Process Bottleneck 6015
170 Process Checklist Template 6695
 
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