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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 8297
72 Distribution Channel Management 34533
73 Distribution Metrics 9010
74 Distribution Planning 24112
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15116
76 Double Marginalization 52520
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22208
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20521
80 Echelon Inventory 26087
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38176
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49462
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7555
84 Efficient Frontier 25334
85 Engineer-to-Order 31614
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16294
87 Erlang B Formula 9279
88 ETD 8266
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13393
91 Exponential smoothing 9769
92 External Growth 9996
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9363
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10116
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8680
97 Fishbone Diagram 14527
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26881
99 Flow Through Distribution 12236
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8100
101 FOB Destination 12948
102 Forward buying 29970
103 Freight Charge 10259
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8236
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11646
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29461
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12608
109 Hub 23308
110 Idle Time 8003
111 Import/Export License 8649
112 In Bond Shipment 13835
113 Inbound Logistics 13482
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53369
116 Inventory in Transit 16347
117 Inventory Management 54502
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22202
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42352
121 JIT 2 18373
122 Job Production 27358
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8979
124 Kanban Squares 6773
125 Laid-Down Cost 10081
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10823
128 Lee's Notation 8512
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14115
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36991
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9176
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7390
133 Logistics Channel 22806
134 Logistics Costs 26551
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6639
136 Manifest 10464
137 Marks and Numbers 12524
138 Material Planning 34981
139 Materials Management 26279
140 Milk Run 42948
141 Mini Land Bridge 14344
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9455
143 Modal Split 15325
144 Movement of Goods 19367
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31440
146 North West Corner Method 16806
147 Numeric Distribution 14117
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28441
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48270
150 Operational Efficiency 9879
151 Operational Objectives 13281
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18078
153 Operational Sustainability 27803
154 Operations Management 20513
155 Order Cancellation 10733
156 Order Cycle 18372
157 Order Cycle Time 23427
158 Order Fill Rate 33920
159 Order Fulfillment 6423
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10228
161 Parts Standardization 9249
162 PDCA Cycle 7932
163 Peak Load Pricing 13306
164 Perfect Order 13110
165 Physical Distribution 24839
166 Pick List 9780
167 Pipeline inventory 42261
168 Postponement 15219
169 Process Bottleneck 6229
170 Process Checklist Template 6872
 
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