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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 8419
72 Distribution Channel Management 34963
73 Distribution Metrics 9223
74 Distribution Planning 24291
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15320
76 Double Marginalization 52885
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22476
78 Dual 5485
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20695
80 Echelon Inventory 26295
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38352
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49960
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7676
84 Efficient Frontier 25604
85 Engineer-to-Order 31870
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16660
87 Erlang B Formula 9411
88 ETD 8389
89 Ex Works 7882
90 Exception Rate 13582
91 Exponential smoothing 9882
92 External Growth 10158
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9582
94 Field Services 7788
95 Field Warehouse 10722
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8871
97 Fishbone Diagram 14684
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27193
99 Flow Through Distribution 12393
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8248
101 FOB Destination 13131
102 Forward buying 30315
103 Freight Charge 10475
104 Freight Consolidation 7589
105 Gantt Chart 8340
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11816
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29685
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12764
109 Hub 23543
110 Idle Time 8130
111 Import/Export License 8796
112 In Bond Shipment 14057
113 Inbound Logistics 13670
114 Interstate System 11079
115 Inventory Costs 53900
116 Inventory in Transit 16623
117 Inventory Management 55043
118 Inventory Planning System 9932
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22400
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43141
121 JIT 2 18512
122 Job Production 27977
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9208
124 Kanban Squares 6904
125 Laid-Down Cost 10290
126 Lean Office 6190
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10896
128 Lee's Notation 8626
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14355
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37466
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9362
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7578
133 Logistics Channel 23002
134 Logistics Costs 26787
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6730
136 Manifest 10620
137 Marks and Numbers 12711
138 Material Planning 35253
139 Materials Management 26473
140 Milk Run 43254
141 Mini Land Bridge 14495
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9653
143 Modal Split 15525
144 Movement of Goods 19583
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31823
146 North West Corner Method 16925
147 Numeric Distribution 14320
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28661
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48645
150 Operational Efficiency 10006
151 Operational Objectives 13433
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18181
153 Operational Sustainability 28182
154 Operations Management 20973
155 Order Cancellation 10915
156 Order Cycle 18525
157 Order Cycle Time 23604
158 Order Fill Rate 34140
159 Order Fulfillment 6530
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10405
161 Parts Standardization 9385
162 PDCA Cycle 8103
163 Peak Load Pricing 13429
164 Perfect Order 13342
165 Physical Distribution 25069
166 Pick List 9914
167 Pipeline inventory 42493
168 Postponement 15366
169 Process Bottleneck 6365
170 Process Checklist Template 6986
 
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