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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 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34675
73 Distribution Metrics 9087
74 Distribution Planning 24173
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15189
76 Double Marginalization 52623
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22281
78 Dual 5430
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20580
80 Echelon Inventory 26173
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49651
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25437
85 Engineer-to-Order 31705
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16405
87 Erlang B Formula 9329
88 ETD 8314
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13462
91 Exponential smoothing 9813
92 External Growth 10053
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9420
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10387
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14583
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26988
99 Flow Through Distribution 12290
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8158
101 FOB Destination 13003
102 Forward buying 30058
103 Freight Charge 10319
104 Freight Consolidation 7511
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11711
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29554
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12660
109 Hub 23394
110 Idle Time 8054
111 Import/Export License 8698
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13556
114 Interstate System 10985
115 Inventory Costs 53555
116 Inventory in Transit 16433
117 Inventory Management 54670
118 Inventory Planning System 9778
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22265
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42601
121 JIT 2 18418
122 Job Production 27580
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9050
124 Kanban Squares 6814
125 Laid-Down Cost 10149
126 Lean Office 6034
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8550
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14198
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37164
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9242
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7433
133 Logistics Channel 22876
134 Logistics Costs 26638
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6677
136 Manifest 10513
137 Marks and Numbers 12583
138 Material Planning 35063
139 Materials Management 26342
140 Milk Run 43070
141 Mini Land Bridge 14402
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9529
143 Modal Split 15393
144 Movement of Goods 19450
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31586
146 North West Corner Method 16848
147 Numeric Distribution 14200
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28519
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48382
150 Operational Efficiency 9926
151 Operational Objectives 13332
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18111
153 Operational Sustainability 27914
154 Operations Management 20640
155 Order Cancellation 10801
156 Order Cycle 18427
157 Order Cycle Time 23490
158 Order Fill Rate 33994
159 Order Fulfillment 6461
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10293
161 Parts Standardization 9298
162 PDCA Cycle 7970
163 Peak Load Pricing 13352
164 Perfect Order 13201
165 Physical Distribution 24909
166 Pick List 9826
167 Pipeline inventory 42339
168 Postponement 15277
169 Process Bottleneck 6275
170 Process Checklist Template 6916
 
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