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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 8392
72 Distribution Channel Management 34866
73 Distribution Metrics 9177
74 Distribution Planning 24247
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15275
76 Double Marginalization 52827
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22436
78 Dual 5467
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20658
80 Echelon Inventory 26254
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49848
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7650
84 Efficient Frontier 25561
85 Engineer-to-Order 31818
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16597
87 Erlang B Formula 9381
88 ETD 8361
89 Ex Works 7862
90 Exception Rate 13539
91 Exponential smoothing 9854
92 External Growth 10121
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9553
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10612
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8828
97 Fishbone Diagram 14650
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27125
99 Flow Through Distribution 12355
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8214
101 FOB Destination 13092
102 Forward buying 30252
103 Freight Charge 10439
104 Freight Consolidation 7565
105 Gantt Chart 8322
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11777
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29644
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12733
109 Hub 23494
110 Idle Time 8102
111 Import/Export License 8760
112 In Bond Shipment 14016
113 Inbound Logistics 13632
114 Interstate System 11043
115 Inventory Costs 53788
116 Inventory in Transit 16580
117 Inventory Management 54946
118 Inventory Planning System 9900
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22351
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42989
121 JIT 2 18486
122 Job Production 27844
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9176
124 Kanban Squares 6869
125 Laid-Down Cost 10248
126 Lean Office 6155
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10879
128 Lee's Notation 8599
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14302
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37392
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9326
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7557
133 Logistics Channel 22960
134 Logistics Costs 26737
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6713
136 Manifest 10577
137 Marks and Numbers 12667
138 Material Planning 35204
139 Materials Management 26423
140 Milk Run 43186
141 Mini Land Bridge 14457
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9610
143 Modal Split 15483
144 Movement of Goods 19537
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31752
146 North West Corner Method 16899
147 Numeric Distribution 14278
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28611
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48546
150 Operational Efficiency 9978
151 Operational Objectives 13400
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18158
153 Operational Sustainability 28121
154 Operations Management 20909
155 Order Cancellation 10878
156 Order Cycle 18491
157 Order Cycle Time 23563
158 Order Fill Rate 34099
159 Order Fulfillment 6502
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10363
161 Parts Standardization 9355
162 PDCA Cycle 8084
163 Peak Load Pricing 13402
164 Perfect Order 13301
165 Physical Distribution 25016
166 Pick List 9881
167 Pipeline inventory 42440
168 Postponement 15331
169 Process Bottleneck 6331
170 Process Checklist Template 6961
 
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