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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 8220
72 Distribution Channel Management 34295
73 Distribution Metrics 8859
74 Distribution Planning 24000
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14978
76 Double Marginalization 52361
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22096
78 Dual 5332
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20399
80 Echelon Inventory 25952
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38061
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49162
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7476
84 Efficient Frontier 25154
85 Engineer-to-Order 31434
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16108
87 Erlang B Formula 9176
88 ETD 8165
89 Ex Works 7726
90 Exception Rate 13254
91 Exponential smoothing 9687
92 External Growth 9889
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9278
94 Field Services 7639
95 Field Warehouse 9761
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8554
97 Fishbone Diagram 14426
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26702
99 Flow Through Distribution 12138
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
101 FOB Destination 12815
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10174
104 Freight Consolidation 7394
105 Gantt Chart 8173
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11534
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29311
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12512
109 Hub 23175
110 Idle Time 7929
111 Import/Export License 8567
112 In Bond Shipment 13720
113 Inbound Logistics 13342
114 Interstate System 10844
115 Inventory Costs 53069
116 Inventory in Transit 16220
117 Inventory Management 54161
118 Inventory Planning System 9655
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22068
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41839
121 JIT 2 18287
122 Job Production 26978
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8874
124 Kanban Squares 6705
125 Laid-Down Cost 9967
126 Lean Office 5883
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10775
128 Lee's Notation 8428
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13959
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36600
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9040
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7332
133 Logistics Channel 22673
134 Logistics Costs 26414
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6589
136 Manifest 10354
137 Marks and Numbers 12364
138 Material Planning 34783
139 Materials Management 26142
140 Milk Run 42719
141 Mini Land Bridge 14233
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9317
143 Modal Split 15149
144 Movement of Goods 19234
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31250
146 North West Corner Method 16721
147 Numeric Distribution 13967
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28284
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48051
150 Operational Efficiency 9783
151 Operational Objectives 13191
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17996
153 Operational Sustainability 27634
154 Operations Management 20196
155 Order Cancellation 10576
156 Order Cycle 18258
157 Order Cycle Time 23328
158 Order Fill Rate 33770
159 Order Fulfillment 6353
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10112
161 Parts Standardization 9160
162 PDCA Cycle 7869
163 Peak Load Pricing 13226
164 Perfect Order 12946
165 Physical Distribution 24699
166 Pick List 9691
167 Pipeline inventory 42106
168 Postponement 15117
169 Process Bottleneck 6129
170 Process Checklist Template 6777
 
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