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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 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34062
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23901
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14860
76 Double Marginalization 52206
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21995
78 Dual 5268
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48875
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7409
84 Efficient Frontier 24983
85 Engineer-to-Order 31262
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15962
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13155
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14308
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26534
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29724
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7327
105 Gantt Chart 8118
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11423
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29185
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12430
109 Hub 23057
110 Idle Time 7867
111 Import/Export License 8483
112 In Bond Shipment 13616
113 Inbound Logistics 13222
114 Interstate System 10780
115 Inventory Costs 52776
116 Inventory in Transit 16105
117 Inventory Management 53863
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21931
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41414
121 JIT 2 18214
122 Job Production 26658
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8767
124 Kanban Squares 6623
125 Laid-Down Cost 9893
126 Lean Office 5808
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10738
128 Lee's Notation 8361
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13830
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36310
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8960
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7275
133 Logistics Channel 22569
134 Logistics Costs 26291
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6541
136 Manifest 10243
137 Marks and Numbers 12262
138 Material Planning 34585
139 Materials Management 26035
140 Milk Run 42458
141 Mini Land Bridge 14135
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9196
143 Modal Split 14987
144 Movement of Goods 19135
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31075
146 North West Corner Method 16650
147 Numeric Distribution 13855
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28152
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47866
150 Operational Efficiency 9686
151 Operational Objectives 13115
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17934
153 Operational Sustainability 27506
154 Operations Management 19894
155 Order Cancellation 10421
156 Order Cycle 18171
157 Order Cycle Time 23197
158 Order Fill Rate 33643
159 Order Fulfillment 6290
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10046
161 Parts Standardization 9079
162 PDCA Cycle 7820
163 Peak Load Pricing 13132
164 Perfect Order 12829
165 Physical Distribution 24567
166 Pick List 9612
167 Pipeline inventory 41955
168 Postponement 15031
169 Process Bottleneck 6054
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
 
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