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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 8238
72 Distribution Channel Management 34360
73 Distribution Metrics 8889
74 Distribution Planning 24022
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15003
76 Double Marginalization 52388
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22118
78 Dual 5345
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20423
80 Echelon Inventory 25972
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38082
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49215
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7494
84 Efficient Frontier 25195
85 Engineer-to-Order 31471
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16142
87 Erlang B Formula 9205
88 ETD 8186
89 Ex Works 7738
90 Exception Rate 13284
91 Exponential smoothing 9708
92 External Growth 9916
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7646
95 Field Warehouse 9785
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8578
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26743
99 Flow Through Distribution 12153
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8029
101 FOB Destination 12845
102 Forward buying 29859
103 Freight Charge 10195
104 Freight Consolidation 7414
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11556
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29345
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12532
109 Hub 23203
110 Idle Time 7944
111 Import/Export License 8583
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13372
114 Interstate System 10859
115 Inventory Costs 53131
116 Inventory in Transit 16251
117 Inventory Management 54232
118 Inventory Planning System 9670
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22095
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41940
121 JIT 2 18308
122 Job Production 27064
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8898
124 Kanban Squares 6720
125 Laid-Down Cost 10000
126 Lean Office 5902
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10784
128 Lee's Notation 8446
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13996
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36688
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9072
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7343
133 Logistics Channel 22710
134 Logistics Costs 26434
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6598
136 Manifest 10377
137 Marks and Numbers 12392
138 Material Planning 34833
139 Materials Management 26176
140 Milk Run 42768
141 Mini Land Bridge 14256
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9342
143 Modal Split 15188
144 Movement of Goods 19262
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31295
146 North West Corner Method 16739
147 Numeric Distribution 13990
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28314
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48094
150 Operational Efficiency 9804
151 Operational Objectives 13212
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18010
153 Operational Sustainability 27663
154 Operations Management 20254
155 Order Cancellation 10613
156 Order Cycle 18285
157 Order Cycle Time 23343
158 Order Fill Rate 33796
159 Order Fulfillment 6367
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10142
161 Parts Standardization 9179
162 PDCA Cycle 7884
163 Peak Load Pricing 13244
164 Perfect Order 12976
165 Physical Distribution 24741
166 Pick List 9708
167 Pipeline inventory 42145
168 Postponement 15134
169 Process Bottleneck 6150
170 Process Checklist Template 6804
 
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