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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 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34479
73 Distribution Metrics 8964
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15075
76 Double Marginalization 52474
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22172
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20484
80 Echelon Inventory 26037
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38145
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49377
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7530
84 Efficient Frontier 25286
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16249
87 Erlang B Formula 9253
88 ETD 8239
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13349
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7678
95 Field Warehouse 9942
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8645
97 Fishbone Diagram 14504
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12205
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8075
101 FOB Destination 12917
102 Forward buying 29930
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8218
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11616
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29413
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12578
109 Hub 23275
110 Idle Time 7982
111 Import/Export License 8623
112 In Bond Shipment 13797
113 Inbound Logistics 13444
114 Interstate System 10910
115 Inventory Costs 53284
116 Inventory in Transit 16310
117 Inventory Management 54424
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22158
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42201
121 JIT 2 18346
122 Job Production 27265
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8951
124 Kanban Squares 6755
125 Laid-Down Cost 10051
126 Lean Office 5947
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10806
128 Lee's Notation 8491
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14075
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36893
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9141
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7373
133 Logistics Channel 22768
134 Logistics Costs 26502
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10434
137 Marks and Numbers 12478
138 Material Planning 34931
139 Materials Management 26239
140 Milk Run 42881
141 Mini Land Bridge 14316
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9411
143 Modal Split 15278
144 Movement of Goods 19333
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31389
146 North West Corner Method 16778
147 Numeric Distribution 14069
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28401
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48209
150 Operational Efficiency 9852
151 Operational Objectives 13254
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18056
153 Operational Sustainability 27753
154 Operations Management 20430
155 Order Cancellation 10696
156 Order Cycle 18341
157 Order Cycle Time 23405
158 Order Fill Rate 33879
159 Order Fulfillment 6399
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10196
161 Parts Standardization 9222
162 PDCA Cycle 7917
163 Peak Load Pricing 13286
164 Perfect Order 13062
165 Physical Distribution 24801
166 Pick List 9753
167 Pipeline inventory 42218
168 Postponement 15192
169 Process Bottleneck 6203
170 Process Checklist Template 6845
 
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