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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 8455
72 Distribution Channel Management 35090
73 Distribution Metrics 9289
74 Distribution Planning 24354
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15391
76 Double Marginalization 52978
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22537
78 Dual 5509
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20742
80 Echelon Inventory 26382
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38414
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50100
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7719
84 Efficient Frontier 25689
85 Engineer-to-Order 31942
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16754
87 Erlang B Formula 9455
88 ETD 8427
89 Ex Works 7919
90 Exception Rate 13647
91 Exponential smoothing 9920
92 External Growth 10202
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7813
95 Field Warehouse 10904
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8941
97 Fishbone Diagram 14736
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27284
99 Flow Through Distribution 12447
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8302
101 FOB Destination 13190
102 Forward buying 30384
103 Freight Charge 10508
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8366
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11880
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29742
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12810
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8160
111 Import/Export License 8831
112 In Bond Shipment 14099
113 Inbound Logistics 13722
114 Interstate System 11111
115 Inventory Costs 54025
116 Inventory in Transit 16692
117 Inventory Management 55190
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22477
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43301
121 JIT 2 18554
122 Job Production 28160
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9251
124 Kanban Squares 6952
125 Laid-Down Cost 10348
126 Lean Office 6230
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10913
128 Lee's Notation 8645
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14426
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37593
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9414
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7606
133 Logistics Channel 23049
134 Logistics Costs 26855
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6755
136 Manifest 10672
137 Marks and Numbers 12779
138 Material Planning 35332
139 Materials Management 26534
140 Milk Run 43341
141 Mini Land Bridge 14541
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9709
143 Modal Split 15576
144 Movement of Goods 19658
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31901
146 North West Corner Method 16959
147 Numeric Distribution 14371
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28727
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48769
150 Operational Efficiency 10045
151 Operational Objectives 13474
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18206
153 Operational Sustainability 28262
154 Operations Management 21067
155 Order Cancellation 10957
156 Order Cycle 18563
157 Order Cycle Time 23658
158 Order Fill Rate 34203
159 Order Fulfillment 6564
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10455
161 Parts Standardization 9415
162 PDCA Cycle 8126
163 Peak Load Pricing 13461
164 Perfect Order 13404
165 Physical Distribution 25143
166 Pick List 9956
167 Pipeline inventory 42559
168 Postponement 15416
169 Process Bottleneck 6401
170 Process Checklist Template 7012
 
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