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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 8339
72 Distribution Channel Management 34670
73 Distribution Metrics 9085
74 Distribution Planning 24170
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15186
76 Double Marginalization 52613
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22271
78 Dual 5429
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20579
80 Echelon Inventory 26167
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38237
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49642
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7598
84 Efficient Frontier 25433
85 Engineer-to-Order 31702
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16397
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8312
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13458
91 Exponential smoothing 9812
92 External Growth 10051
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9411
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10382
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8736
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26982
99 Flow Through Distribution 12287
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8155
101 FOB Destination 12999
102 Forward buying 30049
103 Freight Charge 10309
104 Freight Consolidation 7510
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11707
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29547
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12658
109 Hub 23388
110 Idle Time 8052
111 Import/Export License 8695
112 In Bond Shipment 13921
113 Inbound Logistics 13554
114 Interstate System 10983
115 Inventory Costs 53551
116 Inventory in Transit 16423
117 Inventory Management 54658
118 Inventory Planning System 9768
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22262
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42592
121 JIT 2 18417
122 Job Production 27572
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9041
124 Kanban Squares 6814
125 Laid-Down Cost 10146
126 Lean Office 6024
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8549
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14195
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37152
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9238
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7425
133 Logistics Channel 22874
134 Logistics Costs 26633
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6676
136 Manifest 10512
137 Marks and Numbers 12581
138 Material Planning 35059
139 Materials Management 26340
140 Milk Run 43066
141 Mini Land Bridge 14399
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9527
143 Modal Split 15390
144 Movement of Goods 19447
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31578
146 North West Corner Method 16848
147 Numeric Distribution 14197
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28516
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48377
150 Operational Efficiency 9924
151 Operational Objectives 13330
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18110
153 Operational Sustainability 27903
154 Operations Management 20632
155 Order Cancellation 10800
156 Order Cycle 18425
157 Order Cycle Time 23488
158 Order Fill Rate 33992
159 Order Fulfillment 6461
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10288
161 Parts Standardization 9297
162 PDCA Cycle 7960
163 Peak Load Pricing 13352
164 Perfect Order 13200
165 Physical Distribution 24907
166 Pick List 9823
167 Pipeline inventory 42337
168 Postponement 15274
169 Process Bottleneck 6271
170 Process Checklist Template 6914
 
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