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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 8447
72 Distribution Channel Management 35056
73 Distribution Metrics 9269
74 Distribution Planning 24333
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15372
76 Double Marginalization 52952
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22520
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26353
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38395
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50057
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25663
85 Engineer-to-Order 31917
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16716
87 Erlang B Formula 9442
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7909
90 Exception Rate 13631
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10192
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9617
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10855
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14723
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27258
99 Flow Through Distribution 12431
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8287
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30362
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11859
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12798
109 Hub 23581
110 Idle Time 8153
111 Import/Export License 8819
112 In Bond Shipment 14087
113 Inbound Logistics 13709
114 Interstate System 11102
115 Inventory Costs 53992
116 Inventory in Transit 16676
117 Inventory Management 55146
118 Inventory Planning System 9959
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22451
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43245
121 JIT 2 18540
122 Job Production 28103
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9239
124 Kanban Squares 6942
125 Laid-Down Cost 10335
126 Lean Office 6216
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14408
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37557
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9398
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7595
133 Logistics Channel 23039
134 Logistics Costs 26838
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6749
136 Manifest 10661
137 Marks and Numbers 12765
138 Material Planning 35309
139 Materials Management 26512
140 Milk Run 43319
141 Mini Land Bridge 14527
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9699
143 Modal Split 15564
144 Movement of Goods 19626
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31877
146 North West Corner Method 16949
147 Numeric Distribution 14358
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28712
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48736
150 Operational Efficiency 10037
151 Operational Objectives 13466
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18196
153 Operational Sustainability 28238
154 Operations Management 21038
155 Order Cancellation 10941
156 Order Cycle 18550
157 Order Cycle Time 23641
158 Order Fill Rate 34181
159 Order Fulfillment 6556
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10441
161 Parts Standardization 9406
162 PDCA Cycle 8122
163 Peak Load Pricing 13453
164 Perfect Order 13386
165 Physical Distribution 25118
166 Pick List 9941
167 Pipeline inventory 42537
168 Postponement 15399
169 Process Bottleneck 6396
170 Process Checklist Template 7001
 
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