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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 8249
72 Distribution Channel Management 34392
73 Distribution Metrics 8910
74 Distribution Planning 24038
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15025
76 Double Marginalization 52409
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22134
78 Dual 5352
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20441
80 Echelon Inventory 25984
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38100
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49266
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7505
84 Efficient Frontier 25219
85 Engineer-to-Order 31500
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16179
87 Erlang B Formula 9220
88 ETD 8204
89 Ex Works 7744
90 Exception Rate 13305
91 Exponential smoothing 9724
92 External Growth 9933
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9311
94 Field Services 7655
95 Field Warehouse 9818
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8599
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26772
99 Flow Through Distribution 12167
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8041
101 FOB Destination 12867
102 Forward buying 29883
103 Freight Charge 10206
104 Freight Consolidation 7420
105 Gantt Chart 8199
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11574
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12544
109 Hub 23225
110 Idle Time 7957
111 Import/Export License 8592
112 In Bond Shipment 13754
113 Inbound Logistics 13395
114 Interstate System 10875
115 Inventory Costs 53171
116 Inventory in Transit 16273
117 Inventory Management 54294
118 Inventory Planning System 9682
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22111
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42018
121 JIT 2 18317
122 Job Production 27135
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8917
124 Kanban Squares 6735
125 Laid-Down Cost 10010
126 Lean Office 5918
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10790
128 Lee's Notation 8459
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14021
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36753
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9092
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7352
133 Logistics Channel 22729
134 Logistics Costs 26458
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6605
136 Manifest 10395
137 Marks and Numbers 12424
138 Material Planning 34871
139 Materials Management 26199
140 Milk Run 42799
141 Mini Land Bridge 14270
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9368
143 Modal Split 15214
144 Movement of Goods 19283
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31319
146 North West Corner Method 16751
147 Numeric Distribution 14010
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28340
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48128
150 Operational Efficiency 9823
151 Operational Objectives 13226
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18022
153 Operational Sustainability 27689
154 Operations Management 20305
155 Order Cancellation 10639
156 Order Cycle 18305
157 Order Cycle Time 23364
158 Order Fill Rate 33824
159 Order Fulfillment 6379
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10157
161 Parts Standardization 9192
162 PDCA Cycle 7896
163 Peak Load Pricing 13251
164 Perfect Order 13001
165 Physical Distribution 24758
166 Pick List 9720
167 Pipeline inventory 42168
168 Postponement 15148
169 Process Bottleneck 6168
170 Process Checklist Template 6819
 
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