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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 8227
72 Distribution Channel Management 34341
73 Distribution Metrics 8873
74 Distribution Planning 24012
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14991
76 Double Marginalization 52377
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22110
78 Dual 5341
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20415
80 Echelon Inventory 25961
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38068
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49195
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25183
85 Engineer-to-Order 31452
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16127
87 Erlang B Formula 9192
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7731
90 Exception Rate 13271
91 Exponential smoothing 9696
92 External Growth 9910
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9288
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9773
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8566
97 Fishbone Diagram 14439
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26725
99 Flow Through Distribution 12145
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8020
101 FOB Destination 12832
102 Forward buying 29852
103 Freight Charge 10187
104 Freight Consolidation 7405
105 Gantt Chart 8185
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11550
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29330
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12524
109 Hub 23191
110 Idle Time 7937
111 Import/Export License 8576
112 In Bond Shipment 13734
113 Inbound Logistics 13363
114 Interstate System 10852
115 Inventory Costs 53102
116 Inventory in Transit 16235
117 Inventory Management 54206
118 Inventory Planning System 9665
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22082
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41900
121 JIT 2 18301
122 Job Production 27031
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8889
124 Kanban Squares 6713
125 Laid-Down Cost 9988
126 Lean Office 5895
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8440
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13982
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36651
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9059
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7339
133 Logistics Channel 22695
134 Logistics Costs 26427
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6594
136 Manifest 10370
137 Marks and Numbers 12378
138 Material Planning 34811
139 Materials Management 26160
140 Milk Run 42747
141 Mini Land Bridge 14250
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9334
143 Modal Split 15172
144 Movement of Goods 19251
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31279
146 North West Corner Method 16732
147 Numeric Distribution 13981
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28300
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48075
150 Operational Efficiency 9792
151 Operational Objectives 13199
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18005
153 Operational Sustainability 27653
154 Operations Management 20227
155 Order Cancellation 10600
156 Order Cycle 18273
157 Order Cycle Time 23338
158 Order Fill Rate 33787
159 Order Fulfillment 6361
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10125
161 Parts Standardization 9169
162 PDCA Cycle 7879
163 Peak Load Pricing 13234
164 Perfect Order 12959
165 Physical Distribution 24723
166 Pick List 9700
167 Pipeline inventory 42131
168 Postponement 15125
169 Process Bottleneck 6140
170 Process Checklist Template 6794
 
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