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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 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35139
73 Distribution Metrics 9324
74 Distribution Planning 24382
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15417
76 Double Marginalization 53016
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22566
78 Dual 5530
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20762
80 Echelon Inventory 26435
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38449
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50172
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25731
85 Engineer-to-Order 31975
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16802
87 Erlang B Formula 9469
88 ETD 8448
89 Ex Works 7932
90 Exception Rate 13671
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10231
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9660
94 Field Services 7830
95 Field Warehouse 10985
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8975
97 Fishbone Diagram 14764
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27332
99 Flow Through Distribution 12477
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8328
101 FOB Destination 13219
102 Forward buying 30413
103 Freight Charge 10523
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8381
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11911
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29768
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12835
109 Hub 23632
110 Idle Time 8183
111 Import/Export License 8850
112 In Bond Shipment 14128
113 Inbound Logistics 13751
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54090
116 Inventory in Transit 16731
117 Inventory Management 55263
118 Inventory Planning System 9993
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22510
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43414
121 JIT 2 18571
122 Job Production 28247
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9273
124 Kanban Squares 6971
125 Laid-Down Cost 10376
126 Lean Office 6251
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14463
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37660
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9439
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7619
133 Logistics Channel 23072
134 Logistics Costs 26879
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10698
137 Marks and Numbers 12808
138 Material Planning 35377
139 Materials Management 26562
140 Milk Run 43382
141 Mini Land Bridge 14561
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9738
143 Modal Split 15606
144 Movement of Goods 19707
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31939
146 North West Corner Method 16981
147 Numeric Distribution 14399
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28761
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48815
150 Operational Efficiency 10062
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18219
153 Operational Sustainability 28294
154 Operations Management 21106
155 Order Cancellation 10988
156 Order Cycle 18588
157 Order Cycle Time 23684
158 Order Fill Rate 34232
159 Order Fulfillment 6579
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10481
161 Parts Standardization 9434
162 PDCA Cycle 8138
163 Peak Load Pricing 13478
164 Perfect Order 13433
165 Physical Distribution 25172
166 Pick List 9978
167 Pipeline inventory 42605
168 Postponement 15455
169 Process Bottleneck 6423
170 Process Checklist Template 7023
 
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