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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 8440
72 Distribution Channel Management 35044
73 Distribution Metrics 9264
74 Distribution Planning 24327
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15362
76 Double Marginalization 52942
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22509
78 Dual 5498
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20724
80 Echelon Inventory 26347
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38387
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50042
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7699
84 Efficient Frontier 25653
85 Engineer-to-Order 31911
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16705
87 Erlang B Formula 9435
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7902
90 Exception Rate 13623
91 Exponential smoothing 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9611
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10832
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8912
97 Fishbone Diagram 14713
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27245
99 Flow Through Distribution 12426
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8281
101 FOB Destination 13161
102 Forward buying 30358
103 Freight Charge 10494
104 Freight Consolidation 7603
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11850
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29717
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12790
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8151
111 Import/Export License 8816
112 In Bond Shipment 14085
113 Inbound Logistics 13702
114 Interstate System 11099
115 Inventory Costs 53982
116 Inventory in Transit 16667
117 Inventory Management 55122
118 Inventory Planning System 9954
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22440
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43223
121 JIT 2 18537
122 Job Production 28077
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9235
124 Kanban Squares 6933
125 Laid-Down Cost 10329
126 Lean Office 6213
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14400
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37539
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9391
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23033
134 Logistics Costs 26830
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6745
136 Manifest 10656
137 Marks and Numbers 12748
138 Material Planning 35302
139 Materials Management 26508
140 Milk Run 43309
141 Mini Land Bridge 14523
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9693
143 Modal Split 15558
144 Movement of Goods 19614
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31866
146 North West Corner Method 16946
147 Numeric Distribution 14354
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28700
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48714
150 Operational Efficiency 10030
151 Operational Objectives 13462
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18195
153 Operational Sustainability 28225
154 Operations Management 21026
155 Order Cancellation 10935
156 Order Cycle 18548
157 Order Cycle Time 23635
158 Order Fill Rate 34174
159 Order Fulfillment 6554
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10432
161 Parts Standardization 9403
162 PDCA Cycle 8116
163 Peak Load Pricing 13447
164 Perfect Order 13379
165 Physical Distribution 25110
166 Pick List 9934
167 Pipeline inventory 42532
168 Postponement 15395
169 Process Bottleneck 6390
170 Process Checklist Template 7000
 
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