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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 8251
72 Distribution Channel Management 34394
73 Distribution Metrics 8912
74 Distribution Planning 24041
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15028
76 Double Marginalization 52413
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22136
78 Dual 5354
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20442
80 Echelon Inventory 25989
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38103
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49271
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25224
85 Engineer-to-Order 31501
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16184
87 Erlang B Formula 9221
88 ETD 8205
89 Ex Works 7745
90 Exception Rate 13309
91 Exponential smoothing 9725
92 External Growth 9936
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9313
94 Field Services 7656
95 Field Warehouse 9824
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8602
97 Fishbone Diagram 14464
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26776
99 Flow Through Distribution 12168
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8042
101 FOB Destination 12869
102 Forward buying 29888
103 Freight Charge 10209
104 Freight Consolidation 7423
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11575
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12548
109 Hub 23229
110 Idle Time 7958
111 Import/Export License 8595
112 In Bond Shipment 13756
113 Inbound Logistics 13399
114 Interstate System 10878
115 Inventory Costs 53178
116 Inventory in Transit 16276
117 Inventory Management 54303
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22114
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42028
121 JIT 2 18318
122 Job Production 27141
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8918
124 Kanban Squares 6736
125 Laid-Down Cost 10014
126 Lean Office 5921
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10790
128 Lee's Notation 8462
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14026
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36760
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9095
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7352
133 Logistics Channel 22729
134 Logistics Costs 26461
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6608
136 Manifest 10397
137 Marks and Numbers 12428
138 Material Planning 34874
139 Materials Management 26202
140 Milk Run 42805
141 Mini Land Bridge 14272
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9369
143 Modal Split 15221
144 Movement of Goods 19286
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31325
146 North West Corner Method 16753
147 Numeric Distribution 14012
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28343
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48133
150 Operational Efficiency 9825
151 Operational Objectives 13229
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18024
153 Operational Sustainability 27694
154 Operations Management 20311
155 Order Cancellation 10644
156 Order Cycle 18307
157 Order Cycle Time 23368
158 Order Fill Rate 33826
159 Order Fulfillment 6379
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10161
161 Parts Standardization 9193
162 PDCA Cycle 7898
163 Peak Load Pricing 13254
164 Perfect Order 13004
165 Physical Distribution 24760
166 Pick List 9723
167 Pipeline inventory 42169
168 Postponement 15149
169 Process Bottleneck 6172
170 Process Checklist Template 6822
 
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