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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 8475
72 Distribution Channel Management 35157
73 Distribution Metrics 9339
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15428
76 Double Marginalization 53034
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22581
78 Dual 5538
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20770
80 Echelon Inventory 26456
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50198
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7743
84 Efficient Frontier 25744
85 Engineer-to-Order 31987
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16818
87 Erlang B Formula 9475
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7940
90 Exception Rate 13683
91 Exponential smoothing 9945
92 External Growth 10240
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11029
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8990
97 Fishbone Diagram 14776
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27353
99 Flow Through Distribution 12486
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8343
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30432
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7633
105 Gantt Chart 8386
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11931
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29777
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12848
109 Hub 23651
110 Idle Time 8192
111 Import/Export License 8854
112 In Bond Shipment 14140
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11139
115 Inventory Costs 54108
116 Inventory in Transit 16747
117 Inventory Management 55296
118 Inventory Planning System 10002
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22519
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43466
121 JIT 2 18579
122 Job Production 28282
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9279
124 Kanban Squares 6979
125 Laid-Down Cost 10394
126 Lean Office 6255
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10926
128 Lee's Notation 8669
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14479
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37676
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9446
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7621
133 Logistics Channel 23084
134 Logistics Costs 26894
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10707
137 Marks and Numbers 12823
138 Material Planning 35386
139 Materials Management 26570
140 Milk Run 43399
141 Mini Land Bridge 14566
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9745
143 Modal Split 15616
144 Movement of Goods 19722
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31953
146 North West Corner Method 16985
147 Numeric Distribution 14408
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28772
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48834
150 Operational Efficiency 10070
151 Operational Objectives 13499
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18225
153 Operational Sustainability 28308
154 Operations Management 21121
155 Order Cancellation 10996
156 Order Cycle 18592
157 Order Cycle Time 23696
158 Order Fill Rate 34253
159 Order Fulfillment 6586
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10487
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8140
163 Peak Load Pricing 13485
164 Perfect Order 13440
165 Physical Distribution 25184
166 Pick List 9986
167 Pipeline inventory 42609
168 Postponement 15463
169 Process Bottleneck 6432
170 Process Checklist Template 7025
 
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