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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 8379
72 Distribution Channel Management 34825
73 Distribution Metrics 9157
74 Distribution Planning 24234
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15255
76 Double Marginalization 52804
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22420
78 Dual 5461
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20641
80 Echelon Inventory 26243
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38301
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49812
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25541
85 Engineer-to-Order 31804
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16572
87 Erlang B Formula 9370
88 ETD 8350
89 Ex Works 7856
90 Exception Rate 13526
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9542
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10571
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8809
97 Fishbone Diagram 14639
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27100
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
101 FOB Destination 13068
102 Forward buying 30232
103 Freight Charge 10434
104 Freight Consolidation 7551
105 Gantt Chart 8312
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11764
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29625
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12719
109 Hub 23476
110 Idle Time 8092
111 Import/Export License 8748
112 In Bond Shipment 13998
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11032
115 Inventory Costs 53743
116 Inventory in Transit 16568
117 Inventory Management 54912
118 Inventory Planning System 9894
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22340
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42911
121 JIT 2 18470
122 Job Production 27805
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9167
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10227
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10871
128 Lee's Notation 8585
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14279
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37364
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9307
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7547
133 Logistics Channel 22953
134 Logistics Costs 26725
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6708
136 Manifest 10567
137 Marks and Numbers 12645
138 Material Planning 35179
139 Materials Management 26409
140 Milk Run 43165
141 Mini Land Bridge 14445
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9598
143 Modal Split 15465
144 Movement of Goods 19520
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31725
146 North West Corner Method 16889
147 Numeric Distribution 14261
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28596
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48517
150 Operational Efficiency 9971
151 Operational Objectives 13385
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18144
153 Operational Sustainability 28097
154 Operations Management 20883
155 Order Cancellation 10862
156 Order Cycle 18475
157 Order Cycle Time 23552
158 Order Fill Rate 34075
159 Order Fulfillment 6495
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10349
161 Parts Standardization 9345
162 PDCA Cycle 8072
163 Peak Load Pricing 13390
164 Perfect Order 13276
165 Physical Distribution 24999
166 Pick List 9872
167 Pipeline inventory 42423
168 Postponement 15321
169 Process Bottleneck 6321
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
 
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