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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 8197
72 Distribution Channel Management 34171
73 Distribution Metrics 8786
74 Distribution Planning 23950
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14918
76 Double Marginalization 52294
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22042
78 Dual 5304
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20354
80 Echelon Inventory 25904
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38009
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49030
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7443
84 Efficient Frontier 25064
85 Engineer-to-Order 31344
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16030
87 Erlang B Formula 9144
88 ETD 8122
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13202
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9859
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7609
95 Field Warehouse 9729
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8497
97 Fishbone Diagram 14367
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26618
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7967
101 FOB Destination 12741
102 Forward buying 29792
103 Freight Charge 10135
104 Freight Consolidation 7363
105 Gantt Chart 8143
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11490
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29243
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12469
109 Hub 23115
110 Idle Time 7897
111 Import/Export License 8521
112 In Bond Shipment 13672
113 Inbound Logistics 13272
114 Interstate System 10806
115 Inventory Costs 52911
116 Inventory in Transit 16162
117 Inventory Management 54002
118 Inventory Planning System 9620
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22007
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41625
121 JIT 2 18255
122 Job Production 26831
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8822
124 Kanban Squares 6667
125 Laid-Down Cost 9928
126 Lean Office 5847
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10761
128 Lee's Notation 8396
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13900
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36469
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8997
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7307
133 Logistics Channel 22617
134 Logistics Costs 26349
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6563
136 Manifest 10298
137 Marks and Numbers 12304
138 Material Planning 34685
139 Materials Management 26078
140 Milk Run 42597
141 Mini Land Bridge 14191
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9263
143 Modal Split 15067
144 Movement of Goods 19186
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31171
146 North West Corner Method 16679
147 Numeric Distribution 13906
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28210
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47963
150 Operational Efficiency 9744
151 Operational Objectives 13155
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17967
153 Operational Sustainability 27571
154 Operations Management 20046
155 Order Cancellation 10491
156 Order Cycle 18215
157 Order Cycle Time 23266
158 Order Fill Rate 33709
159 Order Fulfillment 6323
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10072
161 Parts Standardization 9124
162 PDCA Cycle 7845
163 Peak Load Pricing 13185
164 Perfect Order 12892
165 Physical Distribution 24644
166 Pick List 9654
167 Pipeline inventory 42038
168 Postponement 15078
169 Process Bottleneck 6092
170 Process Checklist Template 6740
 
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