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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 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34418
73 Distribution Metrics 8931
74 Distribution Planning 24054
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15043
76 Double Marginalization 52437
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22149
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20458
80 Echelon Inventory 26010
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38119
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49315
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25249
85 Engineer-to-Order 31521
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16203
87 Erlang B Formula 9233
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9733
92 External Growth 9946
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9324
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9861
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8619
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26799
99 Flow Through Distribution 12183
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
101 FOB Destination 12886
102 Forward buying 29901
103 Freight Charge 10220
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11591
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29384
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12562
109 Hub 23247
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8607
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13417
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53211
116 Inventory in Transit 16288
117 Inventory Management 54346
118 Inventory Planning System 9695
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22129
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42093
121 JIT 2 18328
122 Job Production 27187
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8931
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10030
126 Lean Office 5932
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8469
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14042
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36812
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9113
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7363
133 Logistics Channel 22746
134 Logistics Costs 26477
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10411
137 Marks and Numbers 12446
138 Material Planning 34896
139 Materials Management 26213
140 Milk Run 42837
141 Mini Land Bridge 14289
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9385
143 Modal Split 15247
144 Movement of Goods 19302
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31347
146 North West Corner Method 16767
147 Numeric Distribution 14028
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28367
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48161
150 Operational Efficiency 9835
151 Operational Objectives 13240
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18041
153 Operational Sustainability 27714
154 Operations Management 20360
155 Order Cancellation 10664
156 Order Cycle 18325
157 Order Cycle Time 23384
158 Order Fill Rate 33848
159 Order Fulfillment 6387
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10174
161 Parts Standardization 9211
162 PDCA Cycle 7908
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13030
165 Physical Distribution 24775
166 Pick List 9734
167 Pipeline inventory 42183
168 Postponement 15162
169 Process Bottleneck 6184
170 Process Checklist Template 6835
 
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