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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 8192
72 Distribution Channel Management 34162
73 Distribution Metrics 8780
74 Distribution Planning 23945
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14913
76 Double Marginalization 52288
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22037
78 Dual 5303
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20348
80 Echelon Inventory 25900
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38005
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49016
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7440
84 Efficient Frontier 25060
85 Engineer-to-Order 31339
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16019
87 Erlang B Formula 9143
88 ETD 8119
89 Ex Works 7694
90 Exception Rate 13200
91 Exponential smoothing 9645
92 External Growth 9856
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9238
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9727
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8493
97 Fishbone Diagram 14362
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26607
99 Flow Through Distribution 12091
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7961
101 FOB Destination 12736
102 Forward buying 29786
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7359
105 Gantt Chart 8138
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11484
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29240
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12466
109 Hub 23110
110 Idle Time 7894
111 Import/Export License 8519
112 In Bond Shipment 13666
113 Inbound Logistics 13265
114 Interstate System 10802
115 Inventory Costs 52898
116 Inventory in Transit 16158
117 Inventory Management 53992
118 Inventory Planning System 9618
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22001
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41605
121 JIT 2 18251
122 Job Production 26812
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8816
124 Kanban Squares 6662
125 Laid-Down Cost 9927
126 Lean Office 5844
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8393
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13894
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36459
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8993
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7303
133 Logistics Channel 22613
134 Logistics Costs 26347
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6562
136 Manifest 10291
137 Marks and Numbers 12300
138 Material Planning 34674
139 Materials Management 26076
140 Milk Run 42586
141 Mini Land Bridge 14187
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9257
143 Modal Split 15061
144 Movement of Goods 19183
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31166
146 North West Corner Method 16673
147 Numeric Distribution 13903
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28203
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47952
150 Operational Efficiency 9739
151 Operational Objectives 13151
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17963
153 Operational Sustainability 27566
154 Operations Management 20036
155 Order Cancellation 10486
156 Order Cycle 18209
157 Order Cycle Time 23262
158 Order Fill Rate 33702
159 Order Fulfillment 6321
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10069
161 Parts Standardization 9118
162 PDCA Cycle 7843
163 Peak Load Pricing 13182
164 Perfect Order 12885
165 Physical Distribution 24635
166 Pick List 9652
167 Pipeline inventory 42029
168 Postponement 15074
169 Process Bottleneck 6088
170 Process Checklist Template 6737
 
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