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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 8352
72 Distribution Channel Management 34723
73 Distribution Metrics 9105
74 Distribution Planning 24196
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15205
76 Double Marginalization 52702
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22357
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20602
80 Echelon Inventory 26195
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38256
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49703
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7611
84 Efficient Frontier 25469
85 Engineer-to-Order 31730
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16485
87 Erlang B Formula 9342
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7831
90 Exception Rate 13484
91 Exponential smoothing 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9492
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10433
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8752
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27015
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8171
101 FOB Destination 13021
102 Forward buying 30136
103 Freight Charge 10390
104 Freight Consolidation 7525
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11727
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29578
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12675
109 Hub 23418
110 Idle Time 8065
111 Import/Export License 8714
112 In Bond Shipment 13941
113 Inbound Logistics 13577
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53609
116 Inventory in Transit 16509
117 Inventory Management 54768
118 Inventory Planning System 9848
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22287
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42683
121 JIT 2 18436
122 Job Production 27641
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9122
124 Kanban Squares 6828
125 Laid-Down Cost 10178
126 Lean Office 6108
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10852
128 Lee's Notation 8566
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14221
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37250
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9264
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7507
133 Logistics Channel 22899
134 Logistics Costs 26666
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6683
136 Manifest 10528
137 Marks and Numbers 12598
138 Material Planning 35095
139 Materials Management 26368
140 Milk Run 43096
141 Mini Land Bridge 14414
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9555
143 Modal Split 15415
144 Movement of Goods 19474
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31625
146 North West Corner Method 16860
147 Numeric Distribution 14220
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28545
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48434
150 Operational Efficiency 9941
151 Operational Objectives 13350
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18123
153 Operational Sustainability 27991
154 Operations Management 20735
155 Order Cancellation 10819
156 Order Cycle 18443
157 Order Cycle Time 23512
158 Order Fill Rate 34024
159 Order Fulfillment 6471
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10310
161 Parts Standardization 9312
162 PDCA Cycle 8041
163 Peak Load Pricing 13368
164 Perfect Order 13222
165 Physical Distribution 24939
166 Pick List 9841
167 Pipeline inventory 42357
168 Postponement 15288
169 Process Bottleneck 6295
170 Process Checklist Template 6928
 
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