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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 8155
72 Distribution Channel Management 34013
73 Distribution Metrics 8696
74 Distribution Planning 23887
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14827
76 Double Marginalization 52161
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21974
78 Dual 5250
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20286
80 Echelon Inventory 25846
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37938
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48813
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7395
84 Efficient Frontier 24941
85 Engineer-to-Order 31233
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15919
87 Erlang B Formula 9080
88 ETD 8072
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13124
91 Exponential smoothing 9596
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7577
95 Field Warehouse 9673
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8408
97 Fishbone Diagram 14295
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26497
99 Flow Through Distribution 12030
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7907
101 FOB Destination 12666
102 Forward buying 29693
103 Freight Charge 10085
104 Freight Consolidation 7309
105 Gantt Chart 8103
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11397
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29150
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12412
109 Hub 23030
110 Idle Time 7854
111 Import/Export License 8465
112 In Bond Shipment 13594
113 Inbound Logistics 13198
114 Interstate System 10769
115 Inventory Costs 52708
116 Inventory in Transit 16074
117 Inventory Management 53808
118 Inventory Planning System 9568
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21895
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41312
121 JIT 2 18196
122 Job Production 26580
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8746
124 Kanban Squares 6607
125 Laid-Down Cost 9878
126 Lean Office 5789
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8343
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13800
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36244
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8942
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7249
133 Logistics Channel 22546
134 Logistics Costs 26266
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6527
136 Manifest 10223
137 Marks and Numbers 12248
138 Material Planning 34540
139 Materials Management 26009
140 Milk Run 42400
141 Mini Land Bridge 14116
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9165
143 Modal Split 14958
144 Movement of Goods 19107
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31044
146 North West Corner Method 16635
147 Numeric Distribution 13827
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28122
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47829
150 Operational Efficiency 9666
151 Operational Objectives 13097
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17924
153 Operational Sustainability 27459
154 Operations Management 19842
155 Order Cancellation 10396
156 Order Cycle 18156
157 Order Cycle Time 23173
158 Order Fill Rate 33608
159 Order Fulfillment 6275
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10031
161 Parts Standardization 9062
162 PDCA Cycle 7809
163 Peak Load Pricing 13110
164 Perfect Order 12799
165 Physical Distribution 24538
166 Pick List 9593
167 Pipeline inventory 41921
168 Postponement 15013
169 Process Bottleneck 6034
170 Process Checklist Template 6706
 
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