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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 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35105
73 Distribution Metrics 9300
74 Distribution Planning 24362
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15400
76 Double Marginalization 52989
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22545
78 Dual 5517
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20748
80 Echelon Inventory 26406
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38431
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50125
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7725
84 Efficient Frontier 25707
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16768
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13656
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10213
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9639
94 Field Services 7820
95 Field Warehouse 10932
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14746
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27297
99 Flow Through Distribution 12459
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30393
103 Freight Charge 10513
104 Freight Consolidation 7617
105 Gantt Chart 8369
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11892
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29752
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12818
109 Hub 23611
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8834
112 In Bond Shipment 14112
113 Inbound Logistics 13731
114 Interstate System 11119
115 Inventory Costs 54048
116 Inventory in Transit 16707
117 Inventory Management 55214
118 Inventory Planning System 9976
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22487
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43345
121 JIT 2 18559
122 Job Production 28195
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9257
124 Kanban Squares 6961
125 Laid-Down Cost 10360
126 Lean Office 6238
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8650
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14439
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37618
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9422
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7609
133 Logistics Channel 23059
134 Logistics Costs 26866
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6759
136 Manifest 10680
137 Marks and Numbers 12785
138 Material Planning 35345
139 Materials Management 26542
140 Milk Run 43357
141 Mini Land Bridge 14550
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9721
143 Modal Split 15589
144 Movement of Goods 19674
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31914
146 North West Corner Method 16965
147 Numeric Distribution 14380
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28735
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48790
150 Operational Efficiency 10050
151 Operational Objectives 13482
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18209
153 Operational Sustainability 28275
154 Operations Management 21085
155 Order Cancellation 10968
156 Order Cycle 18570
157 Order Cycle Time 23669
158 Order Fill Rate 34218
159 Order Fulfillment 6569
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10464
161 Parts Standardization 9418
162 PDCA Cycle 8132
163 Peak Load Pricing 13468
164 Perfect Order 13416
165 Physical Distribution 25153
166 Pick List 9964
167 Pipeline inventory 42572
168 Postponement 15430
169 Process Bottleneck 6409
170 Process Checklist Template 7015
 
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