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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 8322
72 Distribution Channel Management 34643
73 Distribution Metrics 9065
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15167
76 Double Marginalization 52594
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22249
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20565
80 Echelon Inventory 26151
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38216
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49594
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7581
84 Efficient Frontier 25408
85 Engineer-to-Order 31682
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16369
87 Erlang B Formula 9315
88 ETD 8301
89 Ex Works 7810
90 Exception Rate 13439
91 Exponential smoothing 9801
92 External Growth 10033
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9396
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10327
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8721
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26954
99 Flow Through Distribution 12277
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12983
102 Forward buying 30027
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7497
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11691
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29524
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12646
109 Hub 23368
110 Idle Time 8037
111 Import/Export License 8680
112 In Bond Shipment 13896
113 Inbound Logistics 13542
114 Interstate System 10970
115 Inventory Costs 53489
116 Inventory in Transit 16399
117 Inventory Management 54611
118 Inventory Planning System 9752
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22247
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42534
121 JIT 2 18404
122 Job Production 27516
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9019
124 Kanban Squares 6807
125 Laid-Down Cost 10128
126 Lean Office 6003
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10835
128 Lee's Notation 8540
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14174
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37121
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9222
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7410
133 Logistics Channel 22858
134 Logistics Costs 26610
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6660
136 Manifest 10501
137 Marks and Numbers 12570
138 Material Planning 35031
139 Materials Management 26318
140 Milk Run 43042
141 Mini Land Bridge 14385
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9506
143 Modal Split 15373
144 Movement of Goods 19419
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31545
146 North West Corner Method 16832
147 Numeric Distribution 14171
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28497
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48354
150 Operational Efficiency 9911
151 Operational Objectives 13313
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18100
153 Operational Sustainability 27879
154 Operations Management 20602
155 Order Cancellation 10781
156 Order Cycle 18411
157 Order Cycle Time 23470
158 Order Fill Rate 33968
159 Order Fulfillment 6447
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10278
161 Parts Standardization 9279
162 PDCA Cycle 7945
163 Peak Load Pricing 13336
164 Perfect Order 13183
165 Physical Distribution 24884
166 Pick List 9813
167 Pipeline inventory 42321
168 Postponement 15262
169 Process Bottleneck 6256
170 Process Checklist Template 6899
 
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