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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 8471
72 Distribution Channel Management 35147
73 Distribution Metrics 9330
74 Distribution Planning 24385
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15419
76 Double Marginalization 53024
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22572
78 Dual 5533
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20765
80 Echelon Inventory 26442
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38455
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50181
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7737
84 Efficient Frontier 25737
85 Engineer-to-Order 31979
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16807
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8451
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9941
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9663
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 11004
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8983
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27339
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8332
101 FOB Destination 13221
102 Forward buying 30419
103 Freight Charge 10526
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8383
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11917
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29770
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12842
109 Hub 23641
110 Idle Time 8185
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14133
113 Inbound Logistics 13755
114 Interstate System 11136
115 Inventory Costs 54095
116 Inventory in Transit 16739
117 Inventory Management 55275
118 Inventory Planning System 9996
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22514
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43437
121 JIT 2 18575
122 Job Production 28263
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9275
124 Kanban Squares 6974
125 Laid-Down Cost 10381
126 Lean Office 6253
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8662
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14466
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37666
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9443
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23076
134 Logistics Costs 26883
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6766
136 Manifest 10703
137 Marks and Numbers 12812
138 Material Planning 35378
139 Materials Management 26565
140 Milk Run 43390
141 Mini Land Bridge 14563
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9740
143 Modal Split 15611
144 Movement of Goods 19711
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31948
146 North West Corner Method 16983
147 Numeric Distribution 14402
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28768
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48824
150 Operational Efficiency 10064
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18221
153 Operational Sustainability 28299
154 Operations Management 21112
155 Order Cancellation 10990
156 Order Cycle 18589
157 Order Cycle Time 23688
158 Order Fill Rate 34238
159 Order Fulfillment 6580
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10482
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13480
164 Perfect Order 13434
165 Physical Distribution 25178
166 Pick List 9981
167 Pipeline inventory 42607
168 Postponement 15457
169 Process Bottleneck 6426
170 Process Checklist Template 7024
 
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