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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 8147
72 Distribution Channel Management 33969
73 Distribution Metrics 8667
74 Distribution Planning 23853
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14808
76 Double Marginalization 52127
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21957
78 Dual 5231
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20277
80 Echelon Inventory 25827
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37916
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48755
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7382
84 Efficient Frontier 24909
85 Engineer-to-Order 31206
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15883
87 Erlang B Formula 9057
88 ETD 8060
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13104
91 Exponential smoothing 9585
92 External Growth 9795
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9182
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9654
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14277
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26470
99 Flow Through Distribution 12010
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12645
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7295
105 Gantt Chart 8091
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11371
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 23000
110 Idle Time 7842
111 Import/Export License 8453
112 In Bond Shipment 13576
113 Inbound Logistics 13173
114 Interstate System 10760
115 Inventory Costs 52646
116 Inventory in Transit 16053
117 Inventory Management 53755
118 Inventory Planning System 9552
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21863
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41228
121 JIT 2 18185
122 Job Production 26516
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8730
124 Kanban Squares 6591
125 Laid-Down Cost 9869
126 Lean Office 5778
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10718
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13774
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36202
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8933
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7224
133 Logistics Channel 22523
134 Logistics Costs 26240
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6520
136 Manifest 10202
137 Marks and Numbers 12233
138 Material Planning 34512
139 Materials Management 25992
140 Milk Run 42350
141 Mini Land Bridge 14098
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9145
143 Modal Split 14926
144 Movement of Goods 19088
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31017
146 North West Corner Method 16622
147 Numeric Distribution 13808
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28105
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47794
150 Operational Efficiency 9652
151 Operational Objectives 13087
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17916
153 Operational Sustainability 27432
154 Operations Management 19791
155 Order Cancellation 10377
156 Order Cycle 18136
157 Order Cycle Time 23146
158 Order Fill Rate 33577
159 Order Fulfillment 6261
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10018
161 Parts Standardization 9053
162 PDCA Cycle 7802
163 Peak Load Pricing 13085
164 Perfect Order 12772
165 Physical Distribution 24508
166 Pick List 9577
167 Pipeline inventory 41892
168 Postponement 14996
169 Process Bottleneck 6019
170 Process Checklist Template 6696
 
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