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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 8480
72 Distribution Channel Management 35173
73 Distribution Metrics 9352
74 Distribution Planning 24402
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15443
76 Double Marginalization 53053
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22590
78 Dual 5549
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20778
80 Echelon Inventory 26473
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38474
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50220
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7749
84 Efficient Frontier 25758
85 Engineer-to-Order 32003
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16829
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8462
89 Ex Works 7948
90 Exception Rate 13693
91 Exponential smoothing 9952
92 External Growth 10248
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9680
94 Field Services 7842
95 Field Warehouse 11063
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8997
97 Fishbone Diagram 14788
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27365
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8350
101 FOB Destination 13239
102 Forward buying 30444
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8391
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11941
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29785
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12855
109 Hub 23663
110 Idle Time 8201
111 Import/Export License 8862
112 In Bond Shipment 14146
113 Inbound Logistics 13765
114 Interstate System 11148
115 Inventory Costs 54134
116 Inventory in Transit 16760
117 Inventory Management 55324
118 Inventory Planning System 10008
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22528
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43507
121 JIT 2 18587
122 Job Production 28314
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9288
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10398
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8676
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14486
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37688
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9460
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7631
133 Logistics Channel 23089
134 Logistics Costs 26905
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6777
136 Manifest 10714
137 Marks and Numbers 12830
138 Material Planning 35407
139 Materials Management 26585
140 Milk Run 43412
141 Mini Land Bridge 14577
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9754
143 Modal Split 15625
144 Movement of Goods 19738
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31965
146 North West Corner Method 16989
147 Numeric Distribution 14418
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28781
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48853
150 Operational Efficiency 10078
151 Operational Objectives 13504
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18232
153 Operational Sustainability 28325
154 Operations Management 21134
155 Order Cancellation 11004
156 Order Cycle 18601
157 Order Cycle Time 23702
158 Order Fill Rate 34266
159 Order Fulfillment 6595
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10496
161 Parts Standardization 9449
162 PDCA Cycle 8148
163 Peak Load Pricing 13493
164 Perfect Order 13451
165 Physical Distribution 25198
166 Pick List 9996
167 Pipeline inventory 42620
168 Postponement 15473
169 Process Bottleneck 6436
170 Process Checklist Template 7033
 
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