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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 8311
72 Distribution Channel Management 34618
73 Distribution Metrics 9053
74 Distribution Planning 24145
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15159
76 Double Marginalization 52578
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22238
78 Dual 5412
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20555
80 Echelon Inventory 26134
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38206
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49556
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7574
84 Efficient Frontier 25392
85 Engineer-to-Order 31660
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16351
87 Erlang B Formula 9309
88 ETD 8290
89 Ex Works 7803
90 Exception Rate 13431
91 Exponential smoothing 9791
92 External Growth 10024
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9387
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10289
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8710
97 Fishbone Diagram 14560
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26939
99 Flow Through Distribution 12265
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
101 FOB Destination 12977
102 Forward buying 30017
103 Freight Charge 10281
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8259
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11679
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29512
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12636
109 Hub 23356
110 Idle Time 8027
111 Import/Export License 8673
112 In Bond Shipment 13883
113 Inbound Logistics 13524
114 Interstate System 10961
115 Inventory Costs 53458
116 Inventory in Transit 16384
117 Inventory Management 54587
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22239
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42496
121 JIT 2 18396
122 Job Production 27478
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9012
124 Kanban Squares 6801
125 Laid-Down Cost 10118
126 Lean Office 5996
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8533
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14161
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37097
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9211
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22844
134 Logistics Costs 26594
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6655
136 Manifest 10491
137 Marks and Numbers 12562
138 Material Planning 35018
139 Materials Management 26309
140 Milk Run 43020
141 Mini Land Bridge 14375
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9497
143 Modal Split 15366
144 Movement of Goods 19407
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31521
146 North West Corner Method 16825
147 Numeric Distribution 14157
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28485
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48334
150 Operational Efficiency 9906
151 Operational Objectives 13306
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18095
153 Operational Sustainability 27860
154 Operations Management 20586
155 Order Cancellation 10764
156 Order Cycle 18401
157 Order Cycle Time 23459
158 Order Fill Rate 33960
159 Order Fulfillment 6443
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10273
161 Parts Standardization 9274
162 PDCA Cycle 7942
163 Peak Load Pricing 13330
164 Perfect Order 13159
165 Physical Distribution 24871
166 Pick List 9804
167 Pipeline inventory 42308
168 Postponement 15251
169 Process Bottleneck 6252
170 Process Checklist Template 6892
 
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