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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 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35080
73 Distribution Metrics 9284
74 Distribution Planning 24352
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15388
76 Double Marginalization 52970
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22533
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20738
80 Echelon Inventory 26375
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38408
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50088
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7717
84 Efficient Frontier 25682
85 Engineer-to-Order 31938
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16742
87 Erlang B Formula 9449
88 ETD 8422
89 Ex Works 7916
90 Exception Rate 13645
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9628
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10892
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8937
97 Fishbone Diagram 14732
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27278
99 Flow Through Distribution 12444
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8299
101 FOB Destination 13179
102 Forward buying 30374
103 Freight Charge 10505
104 Freight Consolidation 7611
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11872
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29736
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8159
111 Import/Export License 8827
112 In Bond Shipment 14095
113 Inbound Logistics 13715
114 Interstate System 11110
115 Inventory Costs 54019
116 Inventory in Transit 16688
117 Inventory Management 55176
118 Inventory Planning System 9965
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22471
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43280
121 JIT 2 18551
122 Job Production 28147
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9246
124 Kanban Squares 6949
125 Laid-Down Cost 10344
126 Lean Office 6228
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10910
128 Lee's Notation 8643
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14422
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37579
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9410
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7603
133 Logistics Channel 23047
134 Logistics Costs 26848
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6753
136 Manifest 10669
137 Marks and Numbers 12774
138 Material Planning 35327
139 Materials Management 26526
140 Milk Run 43334
141 Mini Land Bridge 14538
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9705
143 Modal Split 15572
144 Movement of Goods 19642
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31893
146 North West Corner Method 16956
147 Numeric Distribution 14367
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28722
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48761
150 Operational Efficiency 10043
151 Operational Objectives 13473
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18201
153 Operational Sustainability 28252
154 Operations Management 21058
155 Order Cancellation 10954
156 Order Cycle 18561
157 Order Cycle Time 23652
158 Order Fill Rate 34196
159 Order Fulfillment 6563
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10450
161 Parts Standardization 9414
162 PDCA Cycle 8124
163 Peak Load Pricing 13460
164 Perfect Order 13400
165 Physical Distribution 25136
166 Pick List 9953
167 Pipeline inventory 42555
168 Postponement 15411
169 Process Bottleneck 6399
170 Process Checklist Template 7011
 
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