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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 8212
72 Distribution Channel Management 34272
73 Distribution Metrics 8844
74 Distribution Planning 23990
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14964
76 Double Marginalization 52347
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22085
78 Dual 5324
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20391
80 Echelon Inventory 25941
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38050
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49146
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7462
84 Efficient Frontier 25131
85 Engineer-to-Order 31414
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16091
87 Erlang B Formula 9170
88 ETD 8155
89 Ex Works 7722
90 Exception Rate 13243
91 Exponential smoothing 9678
92 External Growth 9883
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9271
94 Field Services 7632
95 Field Warehouse 9753
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8545
97 Fishbone Diagram 14412
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26683
99 Flow Through Distribution 12126
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8003
101 FOB Destination 12803
102 Forward buying 29834
103 Freight Charge 10167
104 Freight Consolidation 7389
105 Gantt Chart 8169
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11521
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29297
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12502
109 Hub 23166
110 Idle Time 7922
111 Import/Export License 8557
112 In Bond Shipment 13711
113 Inbound Logistics 13329
114 Interstate System 10833
115 Inventory Costs 53040
116 Inventory in Transit 16208
117 Inventory Management 54125
118 Inventory Planning System 9648
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22057
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41795
121 JIT 2 18282
122 Job Production 26955
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8865
124 Kanban Squares 6696
125 Laid-Down Cost 9958
126 Lean Office 5876
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10772
128 Lee's Notation 8420
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13948
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36580
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9032
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7327
133 Logistics Channel 22662
134 Logistics Costs 26405
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6585
136 Manifest 10345
137 Marks and Numbers 12348
138 Material Planning 34764
139 Materials Management 26126
140 Milk Run 42702
141 Mini Land Bridge 14225
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9307
143 Modal Split 15128
144 Movement of Goods 19222
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31241
146 North West Corner Method 16713
147 Numeric Distribution 13956
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28269
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48038
150 Operational Efficiency 9775
151 Operational Objectives 13181
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17990
153 Operational Sustainability 27625
154 Operations Management 20162
155 Order Cancellation 10563
156 Order Cycle 18251
157 Order Cycle Time 23315
158 Order Fill Rate 33757
159 Order Fulfillment 6348
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10108
161 Parts Standardization 9151
162 PDCA Cycle 7861
163 Peak Load Pricing 13210
164 Perfect Order 12935
165 Physical Distribution 24687
166 Pick List 9685
167 Pipeline inventory 42095
168 Postponement 15107
169 Process Bottleneck 6120
170 Process Checklist Template 6770
 
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