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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 8288
72 Distribution Channel Management 34521
73 Distribution Metrics 8994
74 Distribution Planning 24099
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15105
76 Double Marginalization 52507
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22194
78 Dual 5385
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20506
80 Echelon Inventory 26072
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38166
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49444
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7545
84 Efficient Frontier 25316
85 Engineer-to-Order 31594
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16275
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7781
90 Exception Rate 13379
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7692
95 Field Warehouse 10070
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8669
97 Fishbone Diagram 14520
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26866
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
101 FOB Destination 12940
102 Forward buying 29959
103 Freight Charge 10253
104 Freight Consolidation 7465
105 Gantt Chart 8229
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29453
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23300
110 Idle Time 7997
111 Import/Export License 8642
112 In Bond Shipment 13823
113 Inbound Logistics 13474
114 Interstate System 10928
115 Inventory Costs 53347
116 Inventory in Transit 16332
117 Inventory Management 54478
118 Inventory Planning System 9721
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22187
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42306
121 JIT 2 18364
122 Job Production 27340
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8970
124 Kanban Squares 6769
125 Laid-Down Cost 10069
126 Lean Office 5962
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10813
128 Lee's Notation 8503
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14104
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36953
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9160
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7381
133 Logistics Channel 22794
134 Logistics Costs 26536
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6633
136 Manifest 10454
137 Marks and Numbers 12510
138 Material Planning 34963
139 Materials Management 26264
140 Milk Run 42932
141 Mini Land Bridge 14331
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9442
143 Modal Split 15311
144 Movement of Goods 19356
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31426
146 North West Corner Method 16799
147 Numeric Distribution 14105
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28430
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48249
150 Operational Efficiency 9869
151 Operational Objectives 13270
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18071
153 Operational Sustainability 27789
154 Operations Management 20492
155 Order Cancellation 10723
156 Order Cycle 18362
157 Order Cycle Time 23419
158 Order Fill Rate 33904
159 Order Fulfillment 6414
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10216
161 Parts Standardization 9239
162 PDCA Cycle 7925
163 Peak Load Pricing 13296
164 Perfect Order 13101
165 Physical Distribution 24826
166 Pick List 9769
167 Pipeline inventory 42250
168 Postponement 15214
169 Process Bottleneck 6222
170 Process Checklist Template 6863
 
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