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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 8310
72 Distribution Channel Management 34611
73 Distribution Metrics 9046
74 Distribution Planning 24143
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15156
76 Double Marginalization 52568
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22236
78 Dual 5410
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20550
80 Echelon Inventory 26130
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38204
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49546
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7573
84 Efficient Frontier 25385
85 Engineer-to-Order 31654
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16344
87 Erlang B Formula 9308
88 ETD 8288
89 Ex Works 7801
90 Exception Rate 13426
91 Exponential smoothing 9788
92 External Growth 10023
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10275
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8708
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26933
99 Flow Through Distribution 12264
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8129
101 FOB Destination 12975
102 Forward buying 30014
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11677
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29505
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12633
109 Hub 23350
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8671
112 In Bond Shipment 13881
113 Inbound Logistics 13521
114 Interstate System 10961
115 Inventory Costs 53447
116 Inventory in Transit 16382
117 Inventory Management 54578
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22236
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42481
121 JIT 2 18393
122 Job Production 27463
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9008
124 Kanban Squares 6797
125 Laid-Down Cost 10114
126 Lean Office 5993
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8529
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14157
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37086
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9208
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7405
133 Logistics Channel 22840
134 Logistics Costs 26585
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6653
136 Manifest 10489
137 Marks and Numbers 12558
138 Material Planning 35011
139 Materials Management 26307
140 Milk Run 43016
141 Mini Land Bridge 14374
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9495
143 Modal Split 15360
144 Movement of Goods 19402
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31516
146 North West Corner Method 16825
147 Numeric Distribution 14153
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28477
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48326
150 Operational Efficiency 9904
151 Operational Objectives 13303
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18093
153 Operational Sustainability 27855
154 Operations Management 20581
155 Order Cancellation 10764
156 Order Cycle 18396
157 Order Cycle Time 23456
158 Order Fill Rate 33957
159 Order Fulfillment 6442
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10268
161 Parts Standardization 9273
162 PDCA Cycle 7941
163 Peak Load Pricing 13328
164 Perfect Order 13154
165 Physical Distribution 24864
166 Pick List 9802
167 Pipeline inventory 42299
168 Postponement 15250
169 Process Bottleneck 6251
170 Process Checklist Template 6890
 
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