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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 8188
72 Distribution Channel Management 34145
73 Distribution Metrics 8764
74 Distribution Planning 23937
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14897
76 Double Marginalization 52275
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22029
78 Dual 5299
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20337
80 Echelon Inventory 25894
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37994
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48989
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7435
84 Efficient Frontier 25045
85 Engineer-to-Order 31318
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16009
87 Erlang B Formula 9133
88 ETD 8113
89 Ex Works 7691
90 Exception Rate 13189
91 Exponential smoothing 9639
92 External Growth 9851
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9235
94 Field Services 7601
95 Field Warehouse 9718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8482
97 Fishbone Diagram 14354
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26591
99 Flow Through Distribution 12083
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
101 FOB Destination 12724
102 Forward buying 29780
103 Freight Charge 10128
104 Freight Consolidation 7354
105 Gantt Chart 8133
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11479
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29232
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12457
109 Hub 23102
110 Idle Time 7892
111 Import/Export License 8511
112 In Bond Shipment 13654
113 Inbound Logistics 13260
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52877
116 Inventory in Transit 16142
117 Inventory Management 53964
118 Inventory Planning System 9612
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21985
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41566
121 JIT 2 18249
122 Job Production 26784
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8807
124 Kanban Squares 6655
125 Laid-Down Cost 9921
126 Lean Office 5839
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8388
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13883
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36421
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8988
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7300
133 Logistics Channel 22606
134 Logistics Costs 26337
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6559
136 Manifest 10280
137 Marks and Numbers 12292
138 Material Planning 34656
139 Materials Management 26066
140 Milk Run 42558
141 Mini Land Bridge 14177
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9249
143 Modal Split 15050
144 Movement of Goods 19175
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31148
146 North West Corner Method 16670
147 Numeric Distribution 13892
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28194
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47939
150 Operational Efficiency 9730
151 Operational Objectives 13145
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17959
153 Operational Sustainability 27555
154 Operations Management 20010
155 Order Cancellation 10472
156 Order Cycle 18201
157 Order Cycle Time 23251
158 Order Fill Rate 33693
159 Order Fulfillment 6315
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10063
161 Parts Standardization 9111
162 PDCA Cycle 7836
163 Peak Load Pricing 13171
164 Perfect Order 12878
165 Physical Distribution 24621
166 Pick List 9640
167 Pipeline inventory 42015
168 Postponement 15065
169 Process Bottleneck 6083
170 Process Checklist Template 6733
 
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