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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 8370
72 Distribution Channel Management 34785
73 Distribution Metrics 9134
74 Distribution Planning 24221
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15236
76 Double Marginalization 52775
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22401
78 Dual 5452
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20629
80 Echelon Inventory 26230
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38292
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49780
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7630
84 Efficient Frontier 25510
85 Engineer-to-Order 31776
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16549
87 Erlang B Formula 9362
88 ETD 8344
89 Ex Works 7847
90 Exception Rate 13510
91 Exponential smoothing 9841
92 External Growth 10091
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9532
94 Field Services 7752
95 Field Warehouse 10526
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14625
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27065
99 Flow Through Distribution 12328
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8194
101 FOB Destination 13052
102 Forward buying 30190
103 Freight Charge 10423
104 Freight Consolidation 7541
105 Gantt Chart 8300
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11748
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29610
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12700
109 Hub 23456
110 Idle Time 8082
111 Import/Export License 8736
112 In Bond Shipment 13976
113 Inbound Logistics 13607
114 Interstate System 11022
115 Inventory Costs 53701
116 Inventory in Transit 16554
117 Inventory Management 54854
118 Inventory Planning System 9886
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22322
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42808
121 JIT 2 18456
122 Job Production 27744
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9161
124 Kanban Squares 6854
125 Laid-Down Cost 10208
126 Lean Office 6137
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10867
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14262
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37323
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9291
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7542
133 Logistics Channel 22934
134 Logistics Costs 26707
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6702
136 Manifest 10556
137 Marks and Numbers 12626
138 Material Planning 35137
139 Materials Management 26391
140 Milk Run 43140
141 Mini Land Bridge 14433
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9583
143 Modal Split 15451
144 Movement of Goods 19503
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31687
146 North West Corner Method 16881
147 Numeric Distribution 14248
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28581
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48486
150 Operational Efficiency 9960
151 Operational Objectives 13370
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18135
153 Operational Sustainability 28056
154 Operations Management 20835
155 Order Cancellation 10848
156 Order Cycle 18461
157 Order Cycle Time 23538
158 Order Fill Rate 34056
159 Order Fulfillment 6487
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10337
161 Parts Standardization 9336
162 PDCA Cycle 8066
163 Peak Load Pricing 13383
164 Perfect Order 13255
165 Physical Distribution 24968
166 Pick List 9860
167 Pipeline inventory 42396
168 Postponement 15306
169 Process Bottleneck 6314
170 Process Checklist Template 6942
 
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