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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 8315
72 Distribution Channel Management 34640
73 Distribution Metrics 9059
74 Distribution Planning 24152
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15163
76 Double Marginalization 52590
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22243
78 Dual 5417
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20562
80 Echelon Inventory 26143
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38213
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49579
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25405
85 Engineer-to-Order 31674
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16361
87 Erlang B Formula 9312
88 ETD 8295
89 Ex Works 7807
90 Exception Rate 13434
91 Exponential smoothing 9796
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9393
94 Field Services 7719
95 Field Warehouse 10315
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8715
97 Fishbone Diagram 14565
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26951
99 Flow Through Distribution 12273
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8134
101 FOB Destination 12981
102 Forward buying 30024
103 Freight Charge 10287
104 Freight Consolidation 7492
105 Gantt Chart 8263
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11685
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29520
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12641
109 Hub 23362
110 Idle Time 8032
111 Import/Export License 8679
112 In Bond Shipment 13892
113 Inbound Logistics 13536
114 Interstate System 10966
115 Inventory Costs 53478
116 Inventory in Transit 16393
117 Inventory Management 54605
118 Inventory Planning System 9749
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22244
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42520
121 JIT 2 18402
122 Job Production 27506
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9015
124 Kanban Squares 6805
125 Laid-Down Cost 10122
126 Lean Office 5999
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10834
128 Lee's Notation 8537
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14171
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37114
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9219
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22852
134 Logistics Costs 26606
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6657
136 Manifest 10496
137 Marks and Numbers 12565
138 Material Planning 35030
139 Materials Management 26316
140 Milk Run 43035
141 Mini Land Bridge 14381
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9504
143 Modal Split 15369
144 Movement of Goods 19414
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31537
146 North West Corner Method 16829
147 Numeric Distribution 14168
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28492
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48344
150 Operational Efficiency 9908
151 Operational Objectives 13311
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18097
153 Operational Sustainability 27873
154 Operations Management 20597
155 Order Cancellation 10775
156 Order Cycle 18406
157 Order Cycle Time 23465
158 Order Fill Rate 33964
159 Order Fulfillment 6445
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10275
161 Parts Standardization 9277
162 PDCA Cycle 7943
163 Peak Load Pricing 13332
164 Perfect Order 13173
165 Physical Distribution 24880
166 Pick List 9808
167 Pipeline inventory 42317
168 Postponement 15258
169 Process Bottleneck 6253
170 Process Checklist Template 6895
 
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