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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 8161
72 Distribution Channel Management 34030
73 Distribution Metrics 8704
74 Distribution Planning 23893
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14839
76 Double Marginalization 52171
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21984
78 Dual 5255
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20292
80 Echelon Inventory 25854
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37945
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48834
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7400
84 Efficient Frontier 24951
85 Engineer-to-Order 31247
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15933
87 Erlang B Formula 9087
88 ETD 8076
89 Ex Works 7667
90 Exception Rate 13136
91 Exponential smoothing 9603
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9200
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8419
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26508
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7916
101 FOB Destination 12671
102 Forward buying 29706
103 Freight Charge 10089
104 Freight Consolidation 7313
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11404
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29160
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12420
109 Hub 23044
110 Idle Time 7861
111 Import/Export License 8474
112 In Bond Shipment 13607
113 Inbound Logistics 13204
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52728
116 Inventory in Transit 16087
117 Inventory Management 53822
118 Inventory Planning System 9574
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21908
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41345
121 JIT 2 18202
122 Job Production 26604
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8755
124 Kanban Squares 6611
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5797
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10731
128 Lee's Notation 8348
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13810
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36266
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8948
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7255
133 Logistics Channel 22555
134 Logistics Costs 26273
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6532
136 Manifest 10229
137 Marks and Numbers 12256
138 Material Planning 34559
139 Materials Management 26018
140 Milk Run 42421
141 Mini Land Bridge 14123
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9178
143 Modal Split 14969
144 Movement of Goods 19120
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31056
146 North West Corner Method 16641
147 Numeric Distribution 13839
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28134
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47839
150 Operational Efficiency 9673
151 Operational Objectives 13102
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17927
153 Operational Sustainability 27478
154 Operations Management 19858
155 Order Cancellation 10406
156 Order Cycle 18161
157 Order Cycle Time 23181
158 Order Fill Rate 33620
159 Order Fulfillment 6279
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10037
161 Parts Standardization 9071
162 PDCA Cycle 7811
163 Peak Load Pricing 13119
164 Perfect Order 12807
165 Physical Distribution 24548
166 Pick List 9601
167 Pipeline inventory 41933
168 Postponement 15018
169 Process Bottleneck 6039
170 Process Checklist Template 6709
 
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