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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 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35086
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24354
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15389
76 Double Marginalization 52973
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20741
80 Echelon Inventory 26379
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38412
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50095
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25686
85 Engineer-to-Order 31941
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16748
87 Erlang B Formula 9453
88 ETD 8425
89 Ex Works 7919
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9629
94 Field Services 7813
95 Field Warehouse 10902
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8940
97 Fishbone Diagram 14735
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27282
99 Flow Through Distribution 12445
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8301
101 FOB Destination 13184
102 Forward buying 30381
103 Freight Charge 10508
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11877
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29740
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12805
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8160
111 Import/Export License 8829
112 In Bond Shipment 14098
113 Inbound Logistics 13720
114 Interstate System 11111
115 Inventory Costs 54024
116 Inventory in Transit 16689
117 Inventory Management 55185
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22475
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43293
121 JIT 2 18552
122 Job Production 28156
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9250
124 Kanban Squares 6951
125 Laid-Down Cost 10347
126 Lean Office 6230
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10910
128 Lee's Notation 8645
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14425
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37589
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9412
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7605
133 Logistics Channel 23048
134 Logistics Costs 26852
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6755
136 Manifest 10672
137 Marks and Numbers 12777
138 Material Planning 35330
139 Materials Management 26530
140 Milk Run 43341
141 Mini Land Bridge 14540
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9709
143 Modal Split 15574
144 Movement of Goods 19652
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31897
146 North West Corner Method 16956
147 Numeric Distribution 14369
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28727
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48766
150 Operational Efficiency 10044
151 Operational Objectives 13474
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18205
153 Operational Sustainability 28260
154 Operations Management 21064
155 Order Cancellation 10957
156 Order Cycle 18563
157 Order Cycle Time 23656
158 Order Fill Rate 34202
159 Order Fulfillment 6564
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10453
161 Parts Standardization 9415
162 PDCA Cycle 8125
163 Peak Load Pricing 13461
164 Perfect Order 13403
165 Physical Distribution 25141
166 Pick List 9956
167 Pipeline inventory 42558
168 Postponement 15414
169 Process Bottleneck 6401
170 Process Checklist Template 7011
 
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