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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 8393
72 Distribution Channel Management 34874
73 Distribution Metrics 9183
74 Distribution Planning 24250
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15280
76 Double Marginalization 52831
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22439
78 Dual 5469
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20662
80 Echelon Inventory 26255
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38311
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49859
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7651
84 Efficient Frontier 25563
85 Engineer-to-Order 31823
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16602
87 Erlang B Formula 9384
88 ETD 8362
89 Ex Works 7863
90 Exception Rate 13544
91 Exponential smoothing 9857
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9556
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10621
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8830
97 Fishbone Diagram 14654
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27130
99 Flow Through Distribution 12358
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8216
101 FOB Destination 13095
102 Forward buying 30254
103 Freight Charge 10443
104 Freight Consolidation 7567
105 Gantt Chart 8323
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11780
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29648
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12735
109 Hub 23497
110 Idle Time 8103
111 Import/Export License 8762
112 In Bond Shipment 14018
113 Inbound Logistics 13635
114 Interstate System 11046
115 Inventory Costs 53794
116 Inventory in Transit 16581
117 Inventory Management 54949
118 Inventory Planning System 9903
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22354
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43002
121 JIT 2 18487
122 Job Production 27852
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9177
124 Kanban Squares 6870
125 Laid-Down Cost 10251
126 Lean Office 6156
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10881
128 Lee's Notation 8603
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14307
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37398
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9327
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7557
133 Logistics Channel 22965
134 Logistics Costs 26739
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6714
136 Manifest 10580
137 Marks and Numbers 12668
138 Material Planning 35208
139 Materials Management 26427
140 Milk Run 43191
141 Mini Land Bridge 14459
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9613
143 Modal Split 15488
144 Movement of Goods 19543
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31758
146 North West Corner Method 16900
147 Numeric Distribution 14282
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28612
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48556
150 Operational Efficiency 9980
151 Operational Objectives 13401
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18158
153 Operational Sustainability 28130
154 Operations Management 20914
155 Order Cancellation 10878
156 Order Cycle 18494
157 Order Cycle Time 23566
158 Order Fill Rate 34099
159 Order Fulfillment 6504
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10368
161 Parts Standardization 9356
162 PDCA Cycle 8084
163 Peak Load Pricing 13403
164 Perfect Order 13302
165 Physical Distribution 25023
166 Pick List 9883
167 Pipeline inventory 42444
168 Postponement 15334
169 Process Bottleneck 6332
170 Process Checklist Template 6961
 
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