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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 8268
72 Distribution Channel Management 34462
73 Distribution Metrics 8952
74 Distribution Planning 24072
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15068
76 Double Marginalization 52461
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22164
78 Dual 5373
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20475
80 Echelon Inventory 26031
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38136
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49356
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7525
84 Efficient Frontier 25279
85 Engineer-to-Order 31552
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16234
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8233
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13343
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9957
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9337
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9913
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14500
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26822
99 Flow Through Distribution 12200
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8068
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29921
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7443
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11605
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29404
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23268
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8617
112 In Bond Shipment 13788
113 Inbound Logistics 13434
114 Interstate System 10904
115 Inventory Costs 53266
116 Inventory in Transit 16303
117 Inventory Management 54404
118 Inventory Planning System 9703
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22151
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42174
121 JIT 2 18341
122 Job Production 27242
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6752
125 Laid-Down Cost 10043
126 Lean Office 5942
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8485
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14066
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36865
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9126
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22760
134 Logistics Costs 26495
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6621
136 Manifest 10426
137 Marks and Numbers 12468
138 Material Planning 34927
139 Materials Management 26230
140 Milk Run 42868
141 Mini Land Bridge 14310
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9405
143 Modal Split 15268
144 Movement of Goods 19323
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31376
146 North West Corner Method 16775
147 Numeric Distribution 14057
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28393
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48190
150 Operational Efficiency 9848
151 Operational Objectives 13248
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18052
153 Operational Sustainability 27739
154 Operations Management 20409
155 Order Cancellation 10682
156 Order Cycle 18338
157 Order Cycle Time 23402
158 Order Fill Rate 33868
159 Order Fulfillment 6396
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10189
161 Parts Standardization 9219
162 PDCA Cycle 7912
163 Peak Load Pricing 13279
164 Perfect Order 13053
165 Physical Distribution 24793
166 Pick List 9745
167 Pipeline inventory 42208
168 Postponement 15183
169 Process Bottleneck 6195
170 Process Checklist Template 6840
 
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