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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 8122
72 Distribution Channel Management 33837
73 Distribution Metrics 8604
74 Distribution Planning 23813
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14749
76 Double Marginalization 52019
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21918
78 Dual 5205
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20246
80 Echelon Inventory 25789
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37861
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48600
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7354
84 Efficient Frontier 24833
85 Engineer-to-Order 31128
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15798
87 Erlang B Formula 9013
88 ETD 8031
89 Ex Works 7634
90 Exception Rate 13042
91 Exponential smoothing 9551
92 External Growth 9760
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7545
95 Field Warehouse 9615
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8332
97 Fishbone Diagram 14228
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26404
99 Flow Through Distribution 11976
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7852
101 FOB Destination 12593
102 Forward buying 29616
103 Freight Charge 10043
104 Freight Consolidation 7254
105 Gantt Chart 8067
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11327
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29014
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22945
110 Idle Time 7805
111 Import/Export License 8407
112 In Bond Shipment 13510
113 Inbound Logistics 13127
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52474
116 Inventory in Transit 16006
117 Inventory Management 53617
118 Inventory Planning System 9525
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21800
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40968
121 JIT 2 18156
122 Job Production 26361
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8685
124 Kanban Squares 6557
125 Laid-Down Cost 9831
126 Lean Office 5749
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10701
128 Lee's Notation 8289
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13704
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36036
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8903
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7199
133 Logistics Channel 22477
134 Logistics Costs 26183
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6503
136 Manifest 10160
137 Marks and Numbers 12190
138 Material Planning 34424
139 Materials Management 25947
140 Milk Run 42231
141 Mini Land Bridge 14058
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9099
143 Modal Split 14864
144 Movement of Goods 19013
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30946
146 North West Corner Method 16592
147 Numeric Distribution 13742
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28040
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47710
150 Operational Efficiency 9608
151 Operational Objectives 13044
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17890
153 Operational Sustainability 27363
154 Operations Management 19659
155 Order Cancellation 10319
156 Order Cycle 18101
157 Order Cycle Time 23053
158 Order Fill Rate 33526
159 Order Fulfillment 6235
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9986
161 Parts Standardization 9022
162 PDCA Cycle 7785
163 Peak Load Pricing 13047
164 Perfect Order 12720
165 Physical Distribution 24443
166 Pick List 9542
167 Pipeline inventory 41794
168 Postponement 14944
169 Process Bottleneck 5975
170 Process Checklist Template 6668
 
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