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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 6848
72 Distribution Channel Management 28522
73 Distribution Metrics 6394
74 Distribution Planning 21565
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 12509
76 Double Marginalization 48119
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 19899
78 Dual 3907
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 18441
80 Echelon Inventory 23947
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 34863
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 42519
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 5930
84 Efficient Frontier 21569
85 Engineer-to-Order 27643
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 13431
87 Erlang B Formula 7252
88 ETD 6494
89 Ex Works 6241
90 Exception Rate 10434
91 Exponential smoothing 8090
92 External Growth 8194
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7615
94 Field Services 6234
95 Field Warehouse 7908
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5582
97 Fishbone Diagram 12467
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22364
99 Flow Through Distribution 10191
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6218
101 FOB Destination 10159
102 Forward buying 27147
103 Freight Charge 8807
104 Freight Consolidation 5917
105 Gantt Chart 6969
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9153
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26169
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10841
109 Hub 20532
110 Idle Time 6549
111 Import/Export License 6779
112 In Bond Shipment 11632
113 Inbound Logistics 11423
114 Interstate System 9466
115 Inventory Costs 45619
116 Inventory in Transit 13411
117 Inventory Management 45903
118 Inventory Planning System 7638
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19283
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32407
121 JIT 2 16801
122 Job Production 19680
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7219
124 Kanban Squares 5372
125 Laid-Down Cost 8205
126 Lean Office 4781
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9773
128 Lee's Notation 6639
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 11055
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32218
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 7114
132 Linear and Logistics Model 5962
133 Logistics Channel 20181
134 Logistics Costs 23715
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 5378
136 Manifest 8148
137 Marks and Numbers 9998
138 Material Planning 29231
139 Materials Management 23112
140 Milk Run 37196
141 Mini Land Bridge 12490
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 7811
143 Modal Split 12638
144 Movement of Goods 16127
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 27622
146 North West Corner Method 15190
147 Numeric Distribution 11173
148 One Level Distribution Channel 25353
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 44090
150 Operational Efficiency 8305
151 Operational Objectives 11571
152 Operational Performance Measurements 16428
153 Operational Sustainability 24505
154 Operations Management 14257
155 Order Cancellation 8362
156 Order Cycle 16651
157 Order Cycle Time 21130
158 Order Fill Rate 31383
159 Order Fulfillment 5083
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 8703
161 Parts Standardization 7769
162 PDCA Cycle 6741
163 Peak Load Pricing 11886
164 Perfect Order 10740
165 Physical Distribution 21807
166 Pick List 8114
167 Pipeline inventory 38902
168 Postponement 13300
169 Process Bottleneck 4991
170 Process Checklist Template 5781
 
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