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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 8262
72 Distribution Channel Management 34453
73 Distribution Metrics 8948
74 Distribution Planning 24065
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15059
76 Double Marginalization 52453
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22160
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20471
80 Echelon Inventory 26024
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38128
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49344
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7522
84 Efficient Frontier 25269
85 Engineer-to-Order 31542
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16226
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8227
89 Ex Works 7761
90 Exception Rate 13334
91 Exponential smoothing 9739
92 External Growth 9954
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9333
94 Field Services 7672
95 Field Warehouse 9898
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8635
97 Fishbone Diagram 14496
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26812
99 Flow Through Distribution 12197
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8064
101 FOB Destination 12900
102 Forward buying 29909
103 Freight Charge 10228
104 Freight Consolidation 7438
105 Gantt Chart 8211
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11599
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29396
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12571
109 Hub 23258
110 Idle Time 7975
111 Import/Export License 8611
112 In Bond Shipment 13780
113 Inbound Logistics 13426
114 Interstate System 10900
115 Inventory Costs 53248
116 Inventory in Transit 16298
117 Inventory Management 54379
118 Inventory Planning System 9700
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22144
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42150
121 JIT 2 18333
122 Job Production 27222
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8937
124 Kanban Squares 6748
125 Laid-Down Cost 10039
126 Lean Office 5939
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8475
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14057
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36848
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9120
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7367
133 Logistics Channel 22755
134 Logistics Costs 26493
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6618
136 Manifest 10420
137 Marks and Numbers 12459
138 Material Planning 34920
139 Materials Management 26223
140 Milk Run 42853
141 Mini Land Bridge 14301
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9394
143 Modal Split 15259
144 Movement of Goods 19317
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31368
146 North West Corner Method 16771
147 Numeric Distribution 14051
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28386
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48177
150 Operational Efficiency 9842
151 Operational Objectives 13246
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18049
153 Operational Sustainability 27734
154 Operations Management 20396
155 Order Cancellation 10675
156 Order Cycle 18333
157 Order Cycle Time 23393
158 Order Fill Rate 33862
159 Order Fulfillment 6392
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10185
161 Parts Standardization 9216
162 PDCA Cycle 7910
163 Peak Load Pricing 13272
164 Perfect Order 13043
165 Physical Distribution 24788
166 Pick List 9741
167 Pipeline inventory 42203
168 Postponement 15175
169 Process Bottleneck 6191
170 Process Checklist Template 6837
 
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