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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 8276
72 Distribution Channel Management 34487
73 Distribution Metrics 8969
74 Distribution Planning 24079
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15082
76 Double Marginalization 52479
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22173
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20486
80 Echelon Inventory 26042
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38147
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49387
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7534
84 Efficient Frontier 25290
85 Engineer-to-Order 31565
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16252
87 Erlang B Formula 9255
88 ETD 8242
89 Ex Works 7773
90 Exception Rate 13353
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9965
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7681
95 Field Warehouse 9964
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26835
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12920
102 Forward buying 29935
103 Freight Charge 10239
104 Freight Consolidation 7450
105 Gantt Chart 8221
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29418
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12581
109 Hub 23278
110 Idle Time 7984
111 Import/Export License 8624
112 In Bond Shipment 13799
113 Inbound Logistics 13449
114 Interstate System 10913
115 Inventory Costs 53292
116 Inventory in Transit 16313
117 Inventory Management 54430
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22160
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42216
121 JIT 2 18350
122 Job Production 27272
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8956
124 Kanban Squares 6758
125 Laid-Down Cost 10053
126 Lean Office 5949
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10807
128 Lee's Notation 8492
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14077
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36900
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9143
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7374
133 Logistics Channel 22771
134 Logistics Costs 26506
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10437
137 Marks and Numbers 12482
138 Material Planning 34932
139 Materials Management 26239
140 Milk Run 42884
141 Mini Land Bridge 14318
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9413
143 Modal Split 15281
144 Movement of Goods 19334
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31395
146 North West Corner Method 16781
147 Numeric Distribution 14070
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28403
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48212
150 Operational Efficiency 9854
151 Operational Objectives 13257
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18060
153 Operational Sustainability 27756
154 Operations Management 20440
155 Order Cancellation 10699
156 Order Cycle 18345
157 Order Cycle Time 23406
158 Order Fill Rate 33880
159 Order Fulfillment 6401
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10199
161 Parts Standardization 9224
162 PDCA Cycle 7918
163 Peak Load Pricing 13287
164 Perfect Order 13068
165 Physical Distribution 24803
166 Pick List 9756
167 Pipeline inventory 42221
168 Postponement 15194
169 Process Bottleneck 6205
170 Process Checklist Template 6846
 
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