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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 8210
72 Distribution Channel Management 34250
73 Distribution Metrics 8828
74 Distribution Planning 23975
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14956
76 Double Marginalization 52329
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22073
78 Dual 5319
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20381
80 Echelon Inventory 25928
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49121
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7458
84 Efficient Frontier 25111
85 Engineer-to-Order 31398
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16075
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8148
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13231
91 Exponential smoothing 9669
92 External Growth 9874
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9263
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8533
97 Fishbone Diagram 14401
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26663
99 Flow Through Distribution 12117
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7989
101 FOB Destination 12786
102 Forward buying 29821
103 Freight Charge 10152
104 Freight Consolidation 7382
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11515
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29282
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23153
110 Idle Time 7916
111 Import/Export License 8548
112 In Bond Shipment 13705
113 Inbound Logistics 13308
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53012
116 Inventory in Transit 16195
117 Inventory Management 54089
118 Inventory Planning System 9640
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22040
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41739
121 JIT 2 18273
122 Job Production 26918
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8851
124 Kanban Squares 6687
125 Laid-Down Cost 9953
126 Lean Office 5871
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10769
128 Lee's Notation 8415
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13933
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36541
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9019
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7320
133 Logistics Channel 22649
134 Logistics Costs 26388
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6579
136 Manifest 10328
137 Marks and Numbers 12336
138 Material Planning 34742
139 Materials Management 26112
140 Milk Run 42671
141 Mini Land Bridge 14216
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9297
143 Modal Split 15110
144 Movement of Goods 19211
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31216
146 North West Corner Method 16702
147 Numeric Distribution 13943
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28251
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48011
150 Operational Efficiency 9767
151 Operational Objectives 13171
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17984
153 Operational Sustainability 27605
154 Operations Management 20132
155 Order Cancellation 10543
156 Order Cycle 18243
157 Order Cycle Time 23303
158 Order Fill Rate 33746
159 Order Fulfillment 6339
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10096
161 Parts Standardization 9143
162 PDCA Cycle 7858
163 Peak Load Pricing 13199
164 Perfect Order 12925
165 Physical Distribution 24677
166 Pick List 9678
167 Pipeline inventory 42081
168 Postponement 15100
169 Process Bottleneck 6115
170 Process Checklist Template 6758
 
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