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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 34075
73 Distribution Metrics 8723
74 Distribution Planning 23907
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14864
76 Double Marginalization 52215
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21997
78 Dual 5271
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20304
80 Echelon Inventory 25866
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37963
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48888
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7412
84 Efficient Frontier 24986
85 Engineer-to-Order 31269
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15970
87 Erlang B Formula 9102
88 ETD 8093
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9213
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8438
97 Fishbone Diagram 14311
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26541
99 Flow Through Distribution 12054
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12689
102 Forward buying 29733
103 Freight Charge 10105
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11429
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29192
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23062
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8489
112 In Bond Shipment 13622
113 Inbound Logistics 13226
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52783
116 Inventory in Transit 16107
117 Inventory Management 53873
118 Inventory Planning System 9588
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21937
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41428
121 JIT 2 18218
122 Job Production 26667
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8771
124 Kanban Squares 6627
125 Laid-Down Cost 9896
126 Lean Office 5811
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10743
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13835
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36326
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8963
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7279
133 Logistics Channel 22571
134 Logistics Costs 26293
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6542
136 Manifest 10246
137 Marks and Numbers 12267
138 Material Planning 34590
139 Materials Management 26038
140 Milk Run 42467
141 Mini Land Bridge 14142
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9203
143 Modal Split 14993
144 Movement of Goods 19139
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31081
146 North West Corner Method 16654
147 Numeric Distribution 13858
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28154
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47872
150 Operational Efficiency 9691
151 Operational Objectives 13116
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17939
153 Operational Sustainability 27511
154 Operations Management 19909
155 Order Cancellation 10425
156 Order Cycle 18174
157 Order Cycle Time 23200
158 Order Fill Rate 33648
159 Order Fulfillment 6293
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10048
161 Parts Standardization 9083
162 PDCA Cycle 7822
163 Peak Load Pricing 13139
164 Perfect Order 12838
165 Physical Distribution 24570
166 Pick List 9615
167 Pipeline inventory 41958
168 Postponement 15037
169 Process Bottleneck 6056
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
 
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