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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 8345
72 Distribution Channel Management 34696
73 Distribution Metrics 9097
74 Distribution Planning 24181
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15198
76 Double Marginalization 52665
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22321
78 Dual 5436
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20592
80 Echelon Inventory 26183
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38247
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49682
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7605
84 Efficient Frontier 25448
85 Engineer-to-Order 31717
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16451
87 Erlang B Formula 9336
88 ETD 8319
89 Ex Works 7827
90 Exception Rate 13476
91 Exponential smoothing 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9460
94 Field Services 7738
95 Field Warehouse 10409
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14595
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27002
99 Flow Through Distribution 12298
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
101 FOB Destination 13009
102 Forward buying 30100
103 Freight Charge 10358
104 Freight Consolidation 7517
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29566
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12669
109 Hub 23404
110 Idle Time 8059
111 Import/Export License 8707
112 In Bond Shipment 13933
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10990
115 Inventory Costs 53574
116 Inventory in Transit 16474
117 Inventory Management 54722
118 Inventory Planning System 9815
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22280
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42640
121 JIT 2 18426
122 Job Production 27618
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9089
124 Kanban Squares 6821
125 Laid-Down Cost 10166
126 Lean Office 6075
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8559
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14208
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37211
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9252
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7475
133 Logistics Channel 22882
134 Logistics Costs 26650
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6681
136 Manifest 10521
137 Marks and Numbers 12592
138 Material Planning 35077
139 Materials Management 26356
140 Milk Run 43081
141 Mini Land Bridge 14407
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9541
143 Modal Split 15402
144 Movement of Goods 19463
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31608
146 North West Corner Method 16854
147 Numeric Distribution 14211
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28535
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48418
150 Operational Efficiency 9934
151 Operational Objectives 13342
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18116
153 Operational Sustainability 27955
154 Operations Management 20689
155 Order Cancellation 10811
156 Order Cycle 18438
157 Order Cycle Time 23503
158 Order Fill Rate 34012
159 Order Fulfillment 6469
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10306
161 Parts Standardization 9305
162 PDCA Cycle 8009
163 Peak Load Pricing 13358
164 Perfect Order 13215
165 Physical Distribution 24921
166 Pick List 9834
167 Pipeline inventory 42350
168 Postponement 15281
169 Process Bottleneck 6287
170 Process Checklist Template 6922
 
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