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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 8290
72 Distribution Channel Management 34524
73 Distribution Metrics 8998
74 Distribution Planning 24102
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15107
76 Double Marginalization 52511
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22195
78 Dual 5387
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20507
80 Echelon Inventory 26074
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38167
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49448
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7546
84 Efficient Frontier 25320
85 Engineer-to-Order 31598
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16281
87 Erlang B Formula 9273
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7783
90 Exception Rate 13382
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7694
95 Field Warehouse 10080
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8672
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26870
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8091
101 FOB Destination 12941
102 Forward buying 29961
103 Freight Charge 10255
104 Freight Consolidation 7466
105 Gantt Chart 8231
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29453
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23302
110 Idle Time 7998
111 Import/Export License 8644
112 In Bond Shipment 13828
113 Inbound Logistics 13476
114 Interstate System 10931
115 Inventory Costs 53351
116 Inventory in Transit 16335
117 Inventory Management 54483
118 Inventory Planning System 9724
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22191
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42319
121 JIT 2 18365
122 Job Production 27341
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8972
124 Kanban Squares 6770
125 Laid-Down Cost 10071
126 Lean Office 5964
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10814
128 Lee's Notation 8504
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14108
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36960
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9163
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7382
133 Logistics Channel 22797
134 Logistics Costs 26538
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6633
136 Manifest 10458
137 Marks and Numbers 12513
138 Material Planning 34968
139 Materials Management 26266
140 Milk Run 42934
141 Mini Land Bridge 14331
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9444
143 Modal Split 15314
144 Movement of Goods 19359
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31430
146 North West Corner Method 16800
147 Numeric Distribution 14108
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28432
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48253
150 Operational Efficiency 9870
151 Operational Objectives 13274
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18074
153 Operational Sustainability 27793
154 Operations Management 20497
155 Order Cancellation 10727
156 Order Cycle 18363
157 Order Cycle Time 23419
158 Order Fill Rate 33910
159 Order Fulfillment 6416
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10217
161 Parts Standardization 9243
162 PDCA Cycle 7926
163 Peak Load Pricing 13299
164 Perfect Order 13103
165 Physical Distribution 24829
166 Pick List 9772
167 Pipeline inventory 42251
168 Postponement 15214
169 Process Bottleneck 6223
170 Process Checklist Template 6864
 
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