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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 8177
72 Distribution Channel Management 34103
73 Distribution Metrics 8739
74 Distribution Planning 23923
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14875
76 Double Marginalization 52247
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22012
78 Dual 5284
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20316
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37973
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48924
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7423
84 Efficient Frontier 25009
85 Engineer-to-Order 31288
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9116
88 ETD 8103
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13169
91 Exponential smoothing 9625
92 External Growth 9838
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9222
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9703
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8459
97 Fishbone Diagram 14327
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26560
99 Flow Through Distribution 12066
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7944
101 FOB Destination 12701
102 Forward buying 29746
103 Freight Charge 10114
104 Freight Consolidation 7341
105 Gantt Chart 8123
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11450
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29212
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23076
110 Idle Time 7877
111 Import/Export License 8499
112 In Bond Shipment 13636
113 Inbound Logistics 13240
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52821
116 Inventory in Transit 16121
117 Inventory Management 53913
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21956
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41492
121 JIT 2 18227
122 Job Production 26726
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8785
124 Kanban Squares 6637
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5818
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10750
128 Lee's Notation 8373
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13857
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36356
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8976
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7285
133 Logistics Channel 22587
134 Logistics Costs 26310
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6550
136 Manifest 10260
137 Marks and Numbers 12274
138 Material Planning 34613
139 Materials Management 26048
140 Milk Run 42500
141 Mini Land Bridge 14153
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9223
143 Modal Split 15013
144 Movement of Goods 19150
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31108
146 North West Corner Method 16660
147 Numeric Distribution 13876
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28171
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47893
150 Operational Efficiency 9707
151 Operational Objectives 13128
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17947
153 Operational Sustainability 27529
154 Operations Management 19953
155 Order Cancellation 10446
156 Order Cycle 18187
157 Order Cycle Time 23219
158 Order Fill Rate 33664
159 Order Fulfillment 6299
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9092
162 PDCA Cycle 7828
163 Peak Load Pricing 13157
164 Perfect Order 12851
165 Physical Distribution 24592
166 Pick List 9624
167 Pipeline inventory 41979
168 Postponement 15047
169 Process Bottleneck 6067
170 Process Checklist Template 6723
 
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