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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 8361
72 Distribution Channel Management 34760
73 Distribution Metrics 9125
74 Distribution Planning 24205
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15221
76 Double Marginalization 52758
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22386
78 Dual 5445
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20620
80 Echelon Inventory 26216
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38278
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49747
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7622
84 Efficient Frontier 25495
85 Engineer-to-Order 31759
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16530
87 Erlang B Formula 9352
88 ETD 8338
89 Ex Works 7839
90 Exception Rate 13500
91 Exponential smoothing 9835
92 External Growth 10080
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9527
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10478
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8770
97 Fishbone Diagram 14614
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27046
99 Flow Through Distribution 12316
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
101 FOB Destination 13037
102 Forward buying 30174
103 Freight Charge 10415
104 Freight Consolidation 7537
105 Gantt Chart 8292
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11740
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29596
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12689
109 Hub 23439
110 Idle Time 8074
111 Import/Export License 8728
112 In Bond Shipment 13963
113 Inbound Logistics 13591
114 Interstate System 11011
115 Inventory Costs 53647
116 Inventory in Transit 16538
117 Inventory Management 54821
118 Inventory Planning System 9877
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22311
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42750
121 JIT 2 18448
122 Job Production 27698
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9153
124 Kanban Squares 6842
125 Laid-Down Cost 10196
126 Lean Office 6131
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10863
128 Lee's Notation 8574
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14239
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37296
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9280
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7534
133 Logistics Channel 22923
134 Logistics Costs 26694
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6695
136 Manifest 10542
137 Marks and Numbers 12614
138 Material Planning 35115
139 Materials Management 26384
140 Milk Run 43122
141 Mini Land Bridge 14426
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9573
143 Modal Split 15432
144 Movement of Goods 19489
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31662
146 North West Corner Method 16875
147 Numeric Distribution 14239
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28562
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48462
150 Operational Efficiency 9950
151 Operational Objectives 13360
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18128
153 Operational Sustainability 28035
154 Operations Management 20800
155 Order Cancellation 10834
156 Order Cycle 18453
157 Order Cycle Time 23526
158 Order Fill Rate 34041
159 Order Fulfillment 6481
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10325
161 Parts Standardization 9327
162 PDCA Cycle 8060
163 Peak Load Pricing 13375
164 Perfect Order 13243
165 Physical Distribution 24953
166 Pick List 9850
167 Pipeline inventory 42378
168 Postponement 15298
169 Process Bottleneck 6306
170 Process Checklist Template 6938
 
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