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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 8198
72 Distribution Channel Management 34179
73 Distribution Metrics 8791
74 Distribution Planning 23954
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14923
76 Double Marginalization 52295
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22047
78 Dual 5307
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20355
80 Echelon Inventory 25905
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38012
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49039
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7445
84 Efficient Frontier 25066
85 Engineer-to-Order 31349
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16033
87 Erlang B Formula 9146
88 ETD 8124
89 Ex Works 7697
90 Exception Rate 13203
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9860
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7612
95 Field Warehouse 9730
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8503
97 Fishbone Diagram 14369
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26620
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7970
101 FOB Destination 12743
102 Forward buying 29796
103 Freight Charge 10136
104 Freight Consolidation 7364
105 Gantt Chart 8145
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11491
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29244
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12470
109 Hub 23119
110 Idle Time 7900
111 Import/Export License 8524
112 In Bond Shipment 13674
113 Inbound Logistics 13275
114 Interstate System 10810
115 Inventory Costs 52922
116 Inventory in Transit 16164
117 Inventory Management 54008
118 Inventory Planning System 9621
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22011
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41634
121 JIT 2 18256
122 Job Production 26842
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8826
124 Kanban Squares 6669
125 Laid-Down Cost 9930
126 Lean Office 5849
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10763
128 Lee's Notation 8398
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13902
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36477
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8999
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7308
133 Logistics Channel 22619
134 Logistics Costs 26350
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6565
136 Manifest 10301
137 Marks and Numbers 12306
138 Material Planning 34691
139 Materials Management 26079
140 Milk Run 42604
141 Mini Land Bridge 14195
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9266
143 Modal Split 15071
144 Movement of Goods 19190
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31174
146 North West Corner Method 16681
147 Numeric Distribution 13912
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28217
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47967
150 Operational Efficiency 9745
151 Operational Objectives 13157
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17970
153 Operational Sustainability 27573
154 Operations Management 20054
155 Order Cancellation 10497
156 Order Cycle 18218
157 Order Cycle Time 23270
158 Order Fill Rate 33714
159 Order Fulfillment 6325
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10074
161 Parts Standardization 9126
162 PDCA Cycle 7847
163 Peak Load Pricing 13187
164 Perfect Order 12895
165 Physical Distribution 24649
166 Pick List 9658
167 Pipeline inventory 42041
168 Postponement 15079
169 Process Bottleneck 6095
170 Process Checklist Template 6742
 
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