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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 8340
72 Distribution Channel Management 34682
73 Distribution Metrics 9090
74 Distribution Planning 24175
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15192
76 Double Marginalization 52637
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22295
78 Dual 5431
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20585
80 Echelon Inventory 26177
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38240
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49659
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7601
84 Efficient Frontier 25439
85 Engineer-to-Order 31712
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16420
87 Erlang B Formula 9330
88 ETD 8315
89 Ex Works 7823
90 Exception Rate 13467
91 Exponential smoothing 9816
92 External Growth 10057
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9433
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10393
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8740
97 Fishbone Diagram 14586
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26992
99 Flow Through Distribution 12294
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8162
101 FOB Destination 13005
102 Forward buying 30071
103 Freight Charge 10332
104 Freight Consolidation 7513
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11715
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29560
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12664
109 Hub 23397
110 Idle Time 8056
111 Import/Export License 8699
112 In Bond Shipment 13927
113 Inbound Logistics 13562
114 Interstate System 10988
115 Inventory Costs 53562
116 Inventory in Transit 16448
117 Inventory Management 54686
118 Inventory Planning System 9791
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22270
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42614
121 JIT 2 18421
122 Job Production 27594
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9064
124 Kanban Squares 6816
125 Laid-Down Cost 10155
126 Lean Office 6047
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8553
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14202
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37180
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9245
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7447
133 Logistics Channel 22878
134 Logistics Costs 26642
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10515
137 Marks and Numbers 12585
138 Material Planning 35068
139 Materials Management 26348
140 Milk Run 43074
141 Mini Land Bridge 14404
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9532
143 Modal Split 15396
144 Movement of Goods 19457
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31594
146 North West Corner Method 16849
147 Numeric Distribution 14203
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28524
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48398
150 Operational Efficiency 9928
151 Operational Objectives 13338
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18112
153 Operational Sustainability 27928
154 Operations Management 20654
155 Order Cancellation 10805
156 Order Cycle 18431
157 Order Cycle Time 23492
158 Order Fill Rate 33999
159 Order Fulfillment 6464
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10297
161 Parts Standardization 9301
162 PDCA Cycle 7984
163 Peak Load Pricing 13356
164 Perfect Order 13205
165 Physical Distribution 24914
166 Pick List 9829
167 Pipeline inventory 42343
168 Postponement 15278
169 Process Bottleneck 6278
170 Process Checklist Template 6918
 
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