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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 8177
72 Distribution Channel Management 34105
73 Distribution Metrics 8740
74 Distribution Planning 23924
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14875
76 Double Marginalization 52249
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22013
78 Dual 5284
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20318
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37974
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48927
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25010
85 Engineer-to-Order 31290
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15982
87 Erlang B Formula 9117
88 ETD 8103
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13172
91 Exponential smoothing 9625
92 External Growth 9838
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9222
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9704
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14328
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26562
99 Flow Through Distribution 12068
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7944
101 FOB Destination 12703
102 Forward buying 29747
103 Freight Charge 10114
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8123
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11452
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29213
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7878
111 Import/Export License 8499
112 In Bond Shipment 13636
113 Inbound Logistics 13241
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52822
116 Inventory in Transit 16122
117 Inventory Management 53916
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21959
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41494
121 JIT 2 18228
122 Job Production 26728
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8788
124 Kanban Squares 6640
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5820
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10752
128 Lee's Notation 8375
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13858
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36356
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8976
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7286
133 Logistics Channel 22587
134 Logistics Costs 26312
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6550
136 Manifest 10261
137 Marks and Numbers 12276
138 Material Planning 34616
139 Materials Management 26048
140 Milk Run 42503
141 Mini Land Bridge 14155
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9225
143 Modal Split 15016
144 Movement of Goods 19151
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31111
146 North West Corner Method 16660
147 Numeric Distribution 13878
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28173
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47894
150 Operational Efficiency 9710
151 Operational Objectives 13129
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17947
153 Operational Sustainability 27529
154 Operations Management 19954
155 Order Cancellation 10448
156 Order Cycle 18188
157 Order Cycle Time 23219
158 Order Fill Rate 33666
159 Order Fulfillment 6300
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9094
162 PDCA Cycle 7828
163 Peak Load Pricing 13158
164 Perfect Order 12853
165 Physical Distribution 24592
166 Pick List 9625
167 Pipeline inventory 41980
168 Postponement 15048
169 Process Bottleneck 6068
170 Process Checklist Template 6723
 
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