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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 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34689
73 Distribution Metrics 9095
74 Distribution Planning 24178
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15196
76 Double Marginalization 52648
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22304
78 Dual 5432
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20588
80 Echelon Inventory 26181
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38242
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49667
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7603
84 Efficient Frontier 25443
85 Engineer-to-Order 31715
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16430
87 Erlang B Formula 9334
88 ETD 8317
89 Ex Works 7824
90 Exception Rate 13469
91 Exponential smoothing 9817
92 External Growth 10060
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9443
94 Field Services 7735
95 Field Warehouse 10398
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14589
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26997
99 Flow Through Distribution 12295
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
101 FOB Destination 13007
102 Forward buying 30079
103 Freight Charge 10342
104 Freight Consolidation 7515
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11718
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29561
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12666
109 Hub 23399
110 Idle Time 8058
111 Import/Export License 8700
112 In Bond Shipment 13929
113 Inbound Logistics 13566
114 Interstate System 10989
115 Inventory Costs 53567
116 Inventory in Transit 16456
117 Inventory Management 54696
118 Inventory Planning System 9799
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22274
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42620
121 JIT 2 18423
122 Job Production 27603
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9073
124 Kanban Squares 6817
125 Laid-Down Cost 10159
126 Lean Office 6058
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8555
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14206
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37191
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9248
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7458
133 Logistics Channel 22880
134 Logistics Costs 26646
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10517
137 Marks and Numbers 12588
138 Material Planning 35073
139 Materials Management 26351
140 Milk Run 43078
141 Mini Land Bridge 14405
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9537
143 Modal Split 15398
144 Movement of Goods 19460
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31600
146 North West Corner Method 16850
147 Numeric Distribution 14205
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28529
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48404
150 Operational Efficiency 9931
151 Operational Objectives 13339
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18112
153 Operational Sustainability 27937
154 Operations Management 20668
155 Order Cancellation 10807
156 Order Cycle 18435
157 Order Cycle Time 23497
158 Order Fill Rate 34007
159 Order Fulfillment 6468
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10301
161 Parts Standardization 9303
162 PDCA Cycle 7992
163 Peak Load Pricing 13357
164 Perfect Order 13208
165 Physical Distribution 24918
166 Pick List 9831
167 Pipeline inventory 42346
168 Postponement 15278
169 Process Bottleneck 6280
170 Process Checklist Template 6919
 
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