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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 8303
72 Distribution Channel Management 34577
73 Distribution Metrics 9029
74 Distribution Planning 24130
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15138
76 Double Marginalization 52553
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22223
78 Dual 5403
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20533
80 Echelon Inventory 26110
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38194
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49508
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7565
84 Efficient Frontier 25366
85 Engineer-to-Order 31637
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16324
87 Erlang B Formula 9298
88 ETD 8277
89 Ex Works 7793
90 Exception Rate 13411
91 Exponential smoothing 9779
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10203
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8697
97 Fishbone Diagram 14547
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26910
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12962
102 Forward buying 29995
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7484
105 Gantt Chart 8249
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29487
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23337
110 Idle Time 8016
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13864
113 Inbound Logistics 13506
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53411
116 Inventory in Transit 16364
117 Inventory Management 54548
118 Inventory Planning System 9738
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22223
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42434
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27421
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8997
124 Kanban Squares 6789
125 Laid-Down Cost 10101
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10829
128 Lee's Notation 8520
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14141
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37055
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9196
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7400
133 Logistics Channel 22824
134 Logistics Costs 26569
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10479
137 Marks and Numbers 12547
138 Material Planning 35001
139 Materials Management 26295
140 Milk Run 42989
141 Mini Land Bridge 14360
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9478
143 Modal Split 15345
144 Movement of Goods 19386
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31484
146 North West Corner Method 16817
147 Numeric Distribution 14141
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28462
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48308
150 Operational Efficiency 9894
151 Operational Objectives 13292
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18086
153 Operational Sustainability 27838
154 Operations Management 20544
155 Order Cancellation 10752
156 Order Cycle 18380
157 Order Cycle Time 23440
158 Order Fill Rate 33940
159 Order Fulfillment 6433
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10251
161 Parts Standardization 9264
162 PDCA Cycle 7937
163 Peak Load Pricing 13317
164 Perfect Order 13136
165 Physical Distribution 24853
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42281
168 Postponement 15237
169 Process Bottleneck 6243
170 Process Checklist Template 6884
 
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