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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 8083
72 Distribution Channel Management 33687
73 Distribution Metrics 8528
74 Distribution Planning 23741
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14686
76 Double Marginalization 51907
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21864
78 Dual 5166
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20210
80 Echelon Inventory 25729
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37792
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48403
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7320
84 Efficient Frontier 24733
85 Engineer-to-Order 31042
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15691
87 Erlang B Formula 8960
88 ETD 7991
89 Ex Works 7591
90 Exception Rate 12975
91 Exponential smoothing 9504
92 External Growth 9714
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9115
94 Field Services 7510
95 Field Warehouse 9564
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8270
97 Fishbone Diagram 14177
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26310
99 Flow Through Distribution 11928
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7814
101 FOB Destination 12521
102 Forward buying 29524
103 Freight Charge 10005
104 Freight Consolidation 7210
105 Gantt Chart 8027
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11274
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28886
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12342
109 Hub 22871
110 Idle Time 7766
111 Import/Export License 8364
112 In Bond Shipment 13445
113 Inbound Logistics 13054
114 Interstate System 10710
115 Inventory Costs 52290
116 Inventory in Transit 15944
117 Inventory Management 53473
118 Inventory Planning System 9483
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21728
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40691
121 JIT 2 18106
122 Job Production 26212
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8640
124 Kanban Squares 6518
125 Laid-Down Cost 9771
126 Lean Office 5703
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10677
128 Lee's Notation 8242
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13639
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35867
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8845
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7159
133 Logistics Channel 22423
134 Logistics Costs 26093
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6477
136 Manifest 10095
137 Marks and Numbers 12118
138 Material Planning 34285
139 Materials Management 25888
140 Milk Run 42073
141 Mini Land Bridge 14012
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9037
143 Modal Split 14792
144 Movement of Goods 18938
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30861
146 North West Corner Method 16548
147 Numeric Distribution 13671
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27968
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47610
150 Operational Efficiency 9564
151 Operational Objectives 13001
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17858
153 Operational Sustainability 27259
154 Operations Management 19493
155 Order Cancellation 10255
156 Order Cycle 18042
157 Order Cycle Time 22964
158 Order Fill Rate 33453
159 Order Fulfillment 6192
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9936
161 Parts Standardization 8986
162 PDCA Cycle 7752
163 Peak Load Pricing 13005
164 Perfect Order 12649
165 Physical Distribution 24360
166 Pick List 9490
167 Pipeline inventory 41700
168 Postponement 14883
169 Process Bottleneck 5934
170 Process Checklist Template 6639
 
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