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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 8279
72 Distribution Channel Management 34491
73 Distribution Metrics 8972
74 Distribution Planning 24085
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15085
76 Double Marginalization 52483
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22178
78 Dual 5380
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20489
80 Echelon Inventory 26046
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38150
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49397
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7537
84 Efficient Frontier 25295
85 Engineer-to-Order 31568
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16255
87 Erlang B Formula 9263
88 ETD 8247
89 Ex Works 7775
90 Exception Rate 13357
91 Exponential smoothing 9751
92 External Growth 9972
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9344
94 Field Services 7683
95 Field Warehouse 9983
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8648
97 Fishbone Diagram 14508
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26839
99 Flow Through Distribution 12211
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8081
101 FOB Destination 12927
102 Forward buying 29938
103 Freight Charge 10240
104 Freight Consolidation 7453
105 Gantt Chart 8223
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11620
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29425
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12583
109 Hub 23281
110 Idle Time 7986
111 Import/Export License 8628
112 In Bond Shipment 13805
113 Inbound Logistics 13452
114 Interstate System 10914
115 Inventory Costs 53302
116 Inventory in Transit 16314
117 Inventory Management 54436
118 Inventory Planning System 9713
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22165
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42231
121 JIT 2 18354
122 Job Production 27285
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8959
124 Kanban Squares 6761
125 Laid-Down Cost 10056
126 Lean Office 5951
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10808
128 Lee's Notation 8494
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14081
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36909
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9146
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7376
133 Logistics Channel 22773
134 Logistics Costs 26512
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10441
137 Marks and Numbers 12488
138 Material Planning 34937
139 Materials Management 26243
140 Milk Run 42892
141 Mini Land Bridge 14320
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9420
143 Modal Split 15285
144 Movement of Goods 19338
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31400
146 North West Corner Method 16785
147 Numeric Distribution 14077
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28408
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48215
150 Operational Efficiency 9856
151 Operational Objectives 13261
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18061
153 Operational Sustainability 27760
154 Operations Management 20454
155 Order Cancellation 10704
156 Order Cycle 18350
157 Order Cycle Time 23407
158 Order Fill Rate 33885
159 Order Fulfillment 6403
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10201
161 Parts Standardization 9227
162 PDCA Cycle 7920
163 Peak Load Pricing 13289
164 Perfect Order 13075
165 Physical Distribution 24809
166 Pick List 9758
167 Pipeline inventory 42226
168 Postponement 15195
169 Process Bottleneck 6208
170 Process Checklist Template 6850
 
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