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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 8252
72 Distribution Channel Management 34402
73 Distribution Metrics 8922
74 Distribution Planning 24046
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15032
76 Double Marginalization 52422
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22143
78 Dual 5358
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20447
80 Echelon Inventory 25995
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38111
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49286
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25230
85 Engineer-to-Order 31509
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16190
87 Erlang B Formula 9223
88 ETD 8210
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13313
91 Exponential smoothing 9728
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9837
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8609
97 Fishbone Diagram 14471
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26783
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12875
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10212
104 Freight Consolidation 7427
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11579
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29373
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12552
109 Hub 23231
110 Idle Time 7961
111 Import/Export License 8599
112 In Bond Shipment 13758
113 Inbound Logistics 13403
114 Interstate System 10881
115 Inventory Costs 53188
116 Inventory in Transit 16278
117 Inventory Management 54316
118 Inventory Planning System 9685
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22120
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42047
121 JIT 2 18320
122 Job Production 27155
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8921
124 Kanban Squares 6738
125 Laid-Down Cost 10020
126 Lean Office 5922
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10793
128 Lee's Notation 8464
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14030
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36774
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9100
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7354
133 Logistics Channel 22735
134 Logistics Costs 26464
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6611
136 Manifest 10399
137 Marks and Numbers 12433
138 Material Planning 34879
139 Materials Management 26207
140 Milk Run 42814
141 Mini Land Bridge 14279
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9373
143 Modal Split 15229
144 Movement of Goods 19296
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31329
146 North West Corner Method 16759
147 Numeric Distribution 14017
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28348
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48140
150 Operational Efficiency 9827
151 Operational Objectives 13231
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18028
153 Operational Sustainability 27702
154 Operations Management 20330
155 Order Cancellation 10652
156 Order Cycle 18312
157 Order Cycle Time 23372
158 Order Fill Rate 33830
159 Order Fulfillment 6381
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10168
161 Parts Standardization 9200
162 PDCA Cycle 7900
163 Peak Load Pricing 13256
164 Perfect Order 13011
165 Physical Distribution 24764
166 Pick List 9724
167 Pipeline inventory 42171
168 Postponement 15153
169 Process Bottleneck 6174
170 Process Checklist Template 6827
 
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