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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 8212
72 Distribution Channel Management 34269
73 Distribution Metrics 8841
74 Distribution Planning 23990
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14964
76 Double Marginalization 52345
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22085
78 Dual 5323
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20391
80 Echelon Inventory 25939
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38050
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49142
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7462
84 Efficient Frontier 25129
85 Engineer-to-Order 31411
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16091
87 Erlang B Formula 9168
88 ETD 8155
89 Ex Works 7720
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9676
92 External Growth 9882
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9270
94 Field Services 7631
95 Field Warehouse 9752
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8544
97 Fishbone Diagram 14411
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26683
99 Flow Through Distribution 12125
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8003
101 FOB Destination 12802
102 Forward buying 29833
103 Freight Charge 10164
104 Freight Consolidation 7389
105 Gantt Chart 8167
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11520
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29295
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12501
109 Hub 23164
110 Idle Time 7922
111 Import/Export License 8557
112 In Bond Shipment 13711
113 Inbound Logistics 13328
114 Interstate System 10833
115 Inventory Costs 53036
116 Inventory in Transit 16207
117 Inventory Management 54120
118 Inventory Planning System 9647
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22054
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41787
121 JIT 2 18282
122 Job Production 26948
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8863
124 Kanban Squares 6696
125 Laid-Down Cost 9958
126 Lean Office 5876
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10772
128 Lee's Notation 8419
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13947
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36574
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9030
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7325
133 Logistics Channel 22662
134 Logistics Costs 26404
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6584
136 Manifest 10345
137 Marks and Numbers 12346
138 Material Planning 34762
139 Materials Management 26125
140 Milk Run 42699
141 Mini Land Bridge 14225
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9305
143 Modal Split 15126
144 Movement of Goods 19220
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31236
146 North West Corner Method 16712
147 Numeric Distribution 13956
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28267
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48036
150 Operational Efficiency 9774
151 Operational Objectives 13180
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17989
153 Operational Sustainability 27621
154 Operations Management 20160
155 Order Cancellation 10563
156 Order Cycle 18247
157 Order Cycle Time 23315
158 Order Fill Rate 33757
159 Order Fulfillment 6346
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10108
161 Parts Standardization 9151
162 PDCA Cycle 7861
163 Peak Load Pricing 13208
164 Perfect Order 12935
165 Physical Distribution 24685
166 Pick List 9684
167 Pipeline inventory 42092
168 Postponement 15106
169 Process Bottleneck 6119
170 Process Checklist Template 6770
 
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