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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 8476
72 Distribution Channel Management 35158
73 Distribution Metrics 9344
74 Distribution Planning 24392
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15432
76 Double Marginalization 53041
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22585
78 Dual 5539
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20771
80 Echelon Inventory 26460
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38465
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50199
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7744
84 Efficient Frontier 25749
85 Engineer-to-Order 31990
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16820
87 Erlang B Formula 9476
88 ETD 8456
89 Ex Works 7942
90 Exception Rate 13685
91 Exponential smoothing 9946
92 External Growth 10241
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11038
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8992
97 Fishbone Diagram 14779
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27356
99 Flow Through Distribution 12490
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8344
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30435
103 Freight Charge 10531
104 Freight Consolidation 7635
105 Gantt Chart 8386
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11935
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29778
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12849
109 Hub 23653
110 Idle Time 8196
111 Import/Export License 8856
112 In Bond Shipment 14141
113 Inbound Logistics 13760
114 Interstate System 11140
115 Inventory Costs 54114
116 Inventory in Transit 16751
117 Inventory Management 55305
118 Inventory Planning System 10004
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22522
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43475
121 JIT 2 18583
122 Job Production 28291
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9280
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10394
126 Lean Office 6259
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10926
128 Lee's Notation 8671
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14479
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37678
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9450
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7624
133 Logistics Channel 23084
134 Logistics Costs 26896
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6772
136 Manifest 10710
137 Marks and Numbers 12825
138 Material Planning 35388
139 Materials Management 26574
140 Milk Run 43402
141 Mini Land Bridge 14569
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9748
143 Modal Split 15619
144 Movement of Goods 19728
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31956
146 North West Corner Method 16985
147 Numeric Distribution 14410
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28773
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48840
150 Operational Efficiency 10072
151 Operational Objectives 13500
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18226
153 Operational Sustainability 28312
154 Operations Management 21124
155 Order Cancellation 10998
156 Order Cycle 18595
157 Order Cycle Time 23698
158 Order Fill Rate 34255
159 Order Fulfillment 6590
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10488
161 Parts Standardization 9439
162 PDCA Cycle 8142
163 Peak Load Pricing 13486
164 Perfect Order 13442
165 Physical Distribution 25189
166 Pick List 9986
167 Pipeline inventory 42610
168 Postponement 15464
169 Process Bottleneck 6433
170 Process Checklist Template 7027
 
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