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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 8166
72 Distribution Channel Management 34052
73 Distribution Metrics 8715
74 Distribution Planning 23899
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14852
76 Double Marginalization 52193
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21989
78 Dual 5264
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20300
80 Echelon Inventory 25859
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37954
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48858
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7405
84 Efficient Frontier 24970
85 Engineer-to-Order 31258
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15952
87 Erlang B Formula 9095
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7671
90 Exception Rate 13144
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9822
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9209
94 Field Services 7582
95 Field Warehouse 9687
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8431
97 Fishbone Diagram 14305
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26521
99 Flow Through Distribution 12045
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7924
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29717
103 Freight Charge 10100
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8114
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11419
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23050
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8478
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13215
114 Interstate System 10777
115 Inventory Costs 52759
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53844
118 Inventory Planning System 9582
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41390
121 JIT 2 18211
122 Job Production 26641
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8762
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9890
126 Lean Office 5804
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10735
128 Lee's Notation 8355
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13826
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36289
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8956
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7269
133 Logistics Channel 22566
134 Logistics Costs 26283
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6540
136 Manifest 10238
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34581
139 Materials Management 26029
140 Milk Run 42440
141 Mini Land Bridge 14130
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9188
143 Modal Split 14982
144 Movement of Goods 19128
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31070
146 North West Corner Method 16646
147 Numeric Distribution 13849
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28145
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47858
150 Operational Efficiency 9680
151 Operational Objectives 13112
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17931
153 Operational Sustainability 27494
154 Operations Management 19885
155 Order Cancellation 10417
156 Order Cycle 18169
157 Order Cycle Time 23190
158 Order Fill Rate 33635
159 Order Fulfillment 6285
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10042
161 Parts Standardization 9076
162 PDCA Cycle 7819
163 Peak Load Pricing 13127
164 Perfect Order 12822
165 Physical Distribution 24559
166 Pick List 9608
167 Pipeline inventory 41947
168 Postponement 15025
169 Process Bottleneck 6051
170 Process Checklist Template 6715
 
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