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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 8259
72 Distribution Channel Management 34426
73 Distribution Metrics 8936
74 Distribution Planning 24059
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15049
76 Double Marginalization 52439
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22152
78 Dual 5366
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20460
80 Echelon Inventory 26012
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38122
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49326
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7516
84 Efficient Frontier 25253
85 Engineer-to-Order 31527
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16212
87 Erlang B Formula 9236
88 ETD 8221
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13326
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9950
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9328
94 Field Services 7664
95 Field Warehouse 9869
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8621
97 Fishbone Diagram 14485
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26803
99 Flow Through Distribution 12187
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
101 FOB Destination 12890
102 Forward buying 29903
103 Freight Charge 10223
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8209
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11595
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29386
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12564
109 Hub 23249
110 Idle Time 7972
111 Import/Export License 8608
112 In Bond Shipment 13774
113 Inbound Logistics 13420
114 Interstate System 10894
115 Inventory Costs 53221
116 Inventory in Transit 16290
117 Inventory Management 54352
118 Inventory Planning System 9697
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22132
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42110
121 JIT 2 18330
122 Job Production 27198
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8933
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10033
126 Lean Office 5933
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10797
128 Lee's Notation 8472
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14044
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36823
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9114
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7364
133 Logistics Channel 22749
134 Logistics Costs 26482
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10412
137 Marks and Numbers 12449
138 Material Planning 34902
139 Materials Management 26217
140 Milk Run 42840
141 Mini Land Bridge 14291
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9391
143 Modal Split 15251
144 Movement of Goods 19304
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31351
146 North West Corner Method 16768
147 Numeric Distribution 14032
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28373
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48166
150 Operational Efficiency 9836
151 Operational Objectives 13241
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18043
153 Operational Sustainability 27718
154 Operations Management 20371
155 Order Cancellation 10669
156 Order Cycle 18327
157 Order Cycle Time 23385
158 Order Fill Rate 33854
159 Order Fulfillment 6387
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10177
161 Parts Standardization 9213
162 PDCA Cycle 7909
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13033
165 Physical Distribution 24779
166 Pick List 9736
167 Pipeline inventory 42185
168 Postponement 15168
169 Process Bottleneck 6186
170 Process Checklist Template 6835
 
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