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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 8287
72 Distribution Channel Management 34517
73 Distribution Metrics 8992
74 Distribution Planning 24096
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15101
76 Double Marginalization 52501
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22192
78 Dual 5384
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20504
80 Echelon Inventory 26068
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38165
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49441
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7544
84 Efficient Frontier 25313
85 Engineer-to-Order 31591
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16274
87 Erlang B Formula 9269
88 ETD 8260
89 Ex Works 7779
90 Exception Rate 13376
91 Exponential smoothing 9760
92 External Growth 9985
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9354
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10059
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14517
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26862
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8089
101 FOB Destination 12940
102 Forward buying 29955
103 Freight Charge 10251
104 Freight Consolidation 7462
105 Gantt Chart 8227
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11636
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29447
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12601
109 Hub 23299
110 Idle Time 7995
111 Import/Export License 8640
112 In Bond Shipment 13820
113 Inbound Logistics 13470
114 Interstate System 10927
115 Inventory Costs 53340
116 Inventory in Transit 16328
117 Inventory Management 54471
118 Inventory Planning System 9720
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22186
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42296
121 JIT 2 18364
122 Job Production 27335
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8969
124 Kanban Squares 6766
125 Laid-Down Cost 10067
126 Lean Office 5959
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8503
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14100
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36950
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9159
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7381
133 Logistics Channel 22792
134 Logistics Costs 26532
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6630
136 Manifest 10452
137 Marks and Numbers 12507
138 Material Planning 34961
139 Materials Management 26261
140 Milk Run 42926
141 Mini Land Bridge 14329
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9436
143 Modal Split 15311
144 Movement of Goods 19354
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31424
146 North West Corner Method 16797
147 Numeric Distribution 14102
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28428
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48245
150 Operational Efficiency 9869
151 Operational Objectives 13270
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18070
153 Operational Sustainability 27786
154 Operations Management 20486
155 Order Cancellation 10721
156 Order Cycle 18360
157 Order Cycle Time 23419
158 Order Fill Rate 33900
159 Order Fulfillment 6413
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10214
161 Parts Standardization 9238
162 PDCA Cycle 7924
163 Peak Load Pricing 13296
164 Perfect Order 13097
165 Physical Distribution 24822
166 Pick List 9769
167 Pipeline inventory 42245
168 Postponement 15213
169 Process Bottleneck 6220
170 Process Checklist Template 6861
 
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