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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 8253
72 Distribution Channel Management 34404
73 Distribution Metrics 8923
74 Distribution Planning 24048
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15034
76 Double Marginalization 52423
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22145
78 Dual 5360
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20450
80 Echelon Inventory 25998
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38111
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49289
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7509
84 Efficient Frontier 25231
85 Engineer-to-Order 31514
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16195
87 Erlang B Formula 9226
88 ETD 8212
89 Ex Works 7749
90 Exception Rate 13317
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9942
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9318
94 Field Services 7659
95 Field Warehouse 9842
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8611
97 Fishbone Diagram 14474
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26787
99 Flow Through Distribution 12173
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8047
101 FOB Destination 12878
102 Forward buying 29892
103 Freight Charge 10214
104 Freight Consolidation 7429
105 Gantt Chart 8203
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11582
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29375
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12553
109 Hub 23236
110 Idle Time 7962
111 Import/Export License 8600
112 In Bond Shipment 13761
113 Inbound Logistics 13407
114 Interstate System 10884
115 Inventory Costs 53194
116 Inventory in Transit 16279
117 Inventory Management 54327
118 Inventory Planning System 9685
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22121
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42059
121 JIT 2 18322
122 Job Production 27166
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8924
124 Kanban Squares 6739
125 Laid-Down Cost 10023
126 Lean Office 5925
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10793
128 Lee's Notation 8465
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14034
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36787
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9105
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7357
133 Logistics Channel 22739
134 Logistics Costs 26467
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6612
136 Manifest 10404
137 Marks and Numbers 12435
138 Material Planning 34884
139 Materials Management 26210
140 Milk Run 42824
141 Mini Land Bridge 14280
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9376
143 Modal Split 15235
144 Movement of Goods 19298
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31335
146 North West Corner Method 16760
147 Numeric Distribution 14019
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28353
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48150
150 Operational Efficiency 9828
151 Operational Objectives 13232
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18029
153 Operational Sustainability 27702
154 Operations Management 20338
155 Order Cancellation 10658
156 Order Cycle 18313
157 Order Cycle Time 23377
158 Order Fill Rate 33833
159 Order Fulfillment 6381
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10170
161 Parts Standardization 9203
162 PDCA Cycle 7901
163 Peak Load Pricing 13259
164 Perfect Order 13016
165 Physical Distribution 24768
166 Pick List 9727
167 Pipeline inventory 42171
168 Postponement 15155
169 Process Bottleneck 6177
170 Process Checklist Template 6828
 
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