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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 8378
72 Distribution Channel Management 34820
73 Distribution Metrics 9151
74 Distribution Planning 24234
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15254
76 Double Marginalization 52801
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22417
78 Dual 5460
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20640
80 Echelon Inventory 26243
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38299
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49803
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25536
85 Engineer-to-Order 31800
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16565
87 Erlang B Formula 9370
88 ETD 8349
89 Ex Works 7854
90 Exception Rate 13523
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9540
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10565
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8804
97 Fishbone Diagram 14635
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27094
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
101 FOB Destination 13065
102 Forward buying 30228
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7551
105 Gantt Chart 8311
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11760
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29623
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12717
109 Hub 23471
110 Idle Time 8088
111 Import/Export License 8745
112 In Bond Shipment 13997
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11030
115 Inventory Costs 53738
116 Inventory in Transit 16567
117 Inventory Management 54908
118 Inventory Planning System 9893
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22337
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42886
121 JIT 2 18468
122 Job Production 27794
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9166
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10226
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8585
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14278
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37358
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9306
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7547
133 Logistics Channel 22951
134 Logistics Costs 26720
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6706
136 Manifest 10565
137 Marks and Numbers 12641
138 Material Planning 35172
139 Materials Management 26406
140 Milk Run 43160
141 Mini Land Bridge 14444
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9592
143 Modal Split 15464
144 Movement of Goods 19518
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31719
146 North West Corner Method 16888
147 Numeric Distribution 14258
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28594
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48513
150 Operational Efficiency 9969
151 Operational Objectives 13384
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18142
153 Operational Sustainability 28086
154 Operations Management 20876
155 Order Cancellation 10861
156 Order Cycle 18472
157 Order Cycle Time 23551
158 Order Fill Rate 34072
159 Order Fulfillment 6494
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10344
161 Parts Standardization 9345
162 PDCA Cycle 8071
163 Peak Load Pricing 13389
164 Perfect Order 13276
165 Physical Distribution 24996
166 Pick List 9870
167 Pipeline inventory 42419
168 Postponement 15317
169 Process Bottleneck 6321
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
 
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