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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 7977
72 Distribution Channel Management 33301
73 Distribution Metrics 8275
74 Distribution Planning 23593
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14481
76 Double Marginalization 51568
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21678
78 Dual 5030
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20081
80 Echelon Inventory 25592
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37563
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47794
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7197
84 Efficient Frontier 24445
85 Engineer-to-Order 30772
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15383
87 Erlang B Formula 8814
88 ETD 7861
89 Ex Works 7489
90 Exception Rate 12749
91 Exponential smoothing 9381
92 External Growth 9602
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9010
94 Field Services 7416
95 Field Warehouse 9449
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8061
97 Fishbone Diagram 13986
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26023
99 Flow Through Distribution 11753
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7679
101 FOB Destination 12336
102 Forward buying 29283
103 Freight Charge 9861
104 Freight Consolidation 7092
105 Gantt Chart 7915
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11088
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28539
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12208
109 Hub 22637
110 Idle Time 7641
111 Import/Export License 8213
112 In Bond Shipment 13252
113 Inbound Logistics 12850
114 Interstate System 10598
115 Inventory Costs 51714
116 Inventory in Transit 15754
117 Inventory Management 53014
118 Inventory Planning System 9350
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21497
120 JIT (Just In Time) 39834
121 JIT 2 17969
122 Job Production 25741
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8470
124 Kanban Squares 6393
125 Laid-Down Cost 9617
126 Lean Office 5599
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10599
128 Lee's Notation 8105
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13413
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35390
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8709
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7025
133 Logistics Channel 22231
134 Logistics Costs 25849
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6369
136 Manifest 9891
137 Marks and Numbers 11961
138 Material Planning 33919
139 Materials Management 25669
140 Milk Run 41547
141 Mini Land Bridge 13848
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 8839
143 Modal Split 14572
144 Movement of Goods 18715
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30608
146 North West Corner Method 16413
147 Numeric Distribution 13433
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27785
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47297
150 Operational Efficiency 9395
151 Operational Objectives 12792
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17740
153 Operational Sustainability 26968
154 Operations Management 18981
155 Order Cancellation 10048
156 Order Cycle 17891
157 Order Cycle Time 22778
158 Order Fill Rate 33203
159 Order Fulfillment 6081
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9811
161 Parts Standardization 8831
162 PDCA Cycle 7665
163 Peak Load Pricing 12868
164 Perfect Order 12447
165 Physical Distribution 24161
166 Pick List 9342
167 Pipeline inventory 41444
168 Postponement 14705
169 Process Bottleneck 5776
170 Process Checklist Template 6536
 
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