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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 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34413
73 Distribution Metrics 8931
74 Distribution Planning 24053
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15041
76 Double Marginalization 52433
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22148
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26006
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38118
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49308
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25245
85 Engineer-to-Order 31520
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16200
87 Erlang B Formula 9232
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7755
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9731
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9323
94 Field Services 7662
95 Field Warehouse 9858
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8617
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26793
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8054
101 FOB Destination 12885
102 Forward buying 29899
103 Freight Charge 10219
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11589
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29381
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12559
109 Hub 23244
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8606
112 In Bond Shipment 13770
113 Inbound Logistics 13417
114 Interstate System 10890
115 Inventory Costs 53209
116 Inventory in Transit 16287
117 Inventory Management 54341
118 Inventory Planning System 9692
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22127
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42088
121 JIT 2 18327
122 Job Production 27182
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8930
124 Kanban Squares 6745
125 Laid-Down Cost 10027
126 Lean Office 5931
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8469
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14040
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36809
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9111
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7362
133 Logistics Channel 22744
134 Logistics Costs 26475
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10409
137 Marks and Numbers 12443
138 Material Planning 34896
139 Materials Management 26212
140 Milk Run 42833
141 Mini Land Bridge 14287
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9383
143 Modal Split 15246
144 Movement of Goods 19302
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31347
146 North West Corner Method 16766
147 Numeric Distribution 14027
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28363
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48159
150 Operational Efficiency 9833
151 Operational Objectives 13238
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18040
153 Operational Sustainability 27712
154 Operations Management 20354
155 Order Cancellation 10663
156 Order Cycle 18322
157 Order Cycle Time 23382
158 Order Fill Rate 33843
159 Order Fulfillment 6386
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10172
161 Parts Standardization 9211
162 PDCA Cycle 7906
163 Peak Load Pricing 13266
164 Perfect Order 13026
165 Physical Distribution 24774
166 Pick List 9731
167 Pipeline inventory 42181
168 Postponement 15158
169 Process Bottleneck 6183
170 Process Checklist Template 6833
 
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