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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 8246
72 Distribution Channel Management 34380
73 Distribution Metrics 8903
74 Distribution Planning 24035
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15012
76 Double Marginalization 52398
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22126
78 Dual 5350
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20433
80 Echelon Inventory 25977
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38090
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49244
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7499
84 Efficient Frontier 25211
85 Engineer-to-Order 31487
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16167
87 Erlang B Formula 9213
88 ETD 8196
89 Ex Works 7741
90 Exception Rate 13297
91 Exponential smoothing 9717
92 External Growth 9925
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9305
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9804
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8592
97 Fishbone Diagram 14454
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26755
99 Flow Through Distribution 12161
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8038
101 FOB Destination 12857
102 Forward buying 29874
103 Freight Charge 10204
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8194
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11566
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29356
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23215
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8587
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13384
114 Interstate System 10870
115 Inventory Costs 53154
116 Inventory in Transit 16262
117 Inventory Management 54263
118 Inventory Planning System 9674
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22101
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41993
121 JIT 2 18315
122 Job Production 27098
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8909
124 Kanban Squares 6729
125 Laid-Down Cost 10006
126 Lean Office 5913
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10788
128 Lee's Notation 8456
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14010
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36720
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9086
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7346
133 Logistics Channel 22721
134 Logistics Costs 26443
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6601
136 Manifest 10388
137 Marks and Numbers 12418
138 Material Planning 34850
139 Materials Management 26188
140 Milk Run 42786
141 Mini Land Bridge 14267
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9357
143 Modal Split 15199
144 Movement of Goods 19270
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31311
146 North West Corner Method 16744
147 Numeric Distribution 13999
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28328
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48112
150 Operational Efficiency 9816
151 Operational Objectives 13217
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18019
153 Operational Sustainability 27673
154 Operations Management 20289
155 Order Cancellation 10625
156 Order Cycle 18294
157 Order Cycle Time 23354
158 Order Fill Rate 33810
159 Order Fulfillment 6372
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10149
161 Parts Standardization 9187
162 PDCA Cycle 7893
163 Peak Load Pricing 13249
164 Perfect Order 12995
165 Physical Distribution 24750
166 Pick List 9715
167 Pipeline inventory 42162
168 Postponement 15140
169 Process Bottleneck 6162
170 Process Checklist Template 6817
 
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