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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 8434
72 Distribution Channel Management 35018
73 Distribution Metrics 9254
74 Distribution Planning 24314
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15349
76 Double Marginalization 52919
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22500
78 Dual 5494
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20717
80 Echelon Inventory 26329
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38374
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50012
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25639
85 Engineer-to-Order 31895
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16685
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8404
89 Ex Works 7896
90 Exception Rate 13610
91 Exponential smoothing 9900
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9601
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10797
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8897
97 Fishbone Diagram 14702
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27229
99 Flow Through Distribution 12415
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8273
101 FOB Destination 13155
102 Forward buying 30344
103 Freight Charge 10489
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11838
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29707
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12784
109 Hub 23567
110 Idle Time 8143
111 Import/Export License 8809
112 In Bond Shipment 14077
113 Inbound Logistics 13691
114 Interstate System 11094
115 Inventory Costs 53956
116 Inventory in Transit 16650
117 Inventory Management 55095
118 Inventory Planning System 9947
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22422
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43193
121 JIT 2 18532
122 Job Production 28039
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9225
124 Kanban Squares 6925
125 Laid-Down Cost 10311
126 Lean Office 6208
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10903
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14381
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37512
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9380
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7589
133 Logistics Channel 23023
134 Logistics Costs 26816
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10641
137 Marks and Numbers 12736
138 Material Planning 35288
139 Materials Management 26497
140 Milk Run 43289
141 Mini Land Bridge 14514
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9680
143 Modal Split 15548
144 Movement of Goods 19601
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31848
146 North West Corner Method 16942
147 Numeric Distribution 14344
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28685
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48685
150 Operational Efficiency 10021
151 Operational Objectives 13454
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18190
153 Operational Sustainability 28208
154 Operations Management 21011
155 Order Cancellation 10928
156 Order Cycle 18540
157 Order Cycle Time 23625
158 Order Fill Rate 34167
159 Order Fulfillment 6545
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10419
161 Parts Standardization 9399
162 PDCA Cycle 8114
163 Peak Load Pricing 13442
164 Perfect Order 13367
165 Physical Distribution 25098
166 Pick List 9927
167 Pipeline inventory 42518
168 Postponement 15383
169 Process Bottleneck 6382
170 Process Checklist Template 6998
 
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