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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 8174
72 Distribution Channel Management 34099
73 Distribution Metrics 8737
74 Distribution Planning 23921
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14872
76 Double Marginalization 52241
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22009
78 Dual 5278
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20314
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48919
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7423
84 Efficient Frontier 25002
85 Engineer-to-Order 31285
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15980
87 Erlang B Formula 9113
88 ETD 8100
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13167
91 Exponential smoothing 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8455
97 Fishbone Diagram 14322
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26556
99 Flow Through Distribution 12063
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7941
101 FOB Destination 12701
102 Forward buying 29744
103 Freight Charge 10111
104 Freight Consolidation 7340
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29209
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23075
110 Idle Time 7876
111 Import/Export License 8497
112 In Bond Shipment 13633
113 Inbound Logistics 13239
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52808
116 Inventory in Transit 16119
117 Inventory Management 53907
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21952
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41478
121 JIT 2 18225
122 Job Production 26715
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8781
124 Kanban Squares 6636
125 Laid-Down Cost 9907
126 Lean Office 5816
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10748
128 Lee's Notation 8370
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13853
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36351
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8973
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7283
133 Logistics Channel 22583
134 Logistics Costs 26307
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6549
136 Manifest 10257
137 Marks and Numbers 12273
138 Material Planning 34608
139 Materials Management 26045
140 Milk Run 42493
141 Mini Land Bridge 14151
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9218
143 Modal Split 15008
144 Movement of Goods 19149
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31102
146 North West Corner Method 16660
147 Numeric Distribution 13874
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28169
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47888
150 Operational Efficiency 9703
151 Operational Objectives 13128
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17946
153 Operational Sustainability 27527
154 Operations Management 19944
155 Order Cancellation 10444
156 Order Cycle 18185
157 Order Cycle Time 23217
158 Order Fill Rate 33661
159 Order Fulfillment 6298
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9091
162 PDCA Cycle 7827
163 Peak Load Pricing 13151
164 Perfect Order 12847
165 Physical Distribution 24587
166 Pick List 9624
167 Pipeline inventory 41976
168 Postponement 15045
169 Process Bottleneck 6062
170 Process Checklist Template 6720
 
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