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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 8295
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9006
74 Distribution Planning 24109
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52517
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22200
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20513
80 Echelon Inventory 26080
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49458
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7551
84 Efficient Frontier 25326
85 Engineer-to-Order 31608
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16285
87 Erlang B Formula 9278
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7785
90 Exception Rate 13387
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9992
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9358
94 Field Services 7696
95 Field Warehouse 10097
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8678
97 Fishbone Diagram 14524
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26878
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8095
101 FOB Destination 12945
102 Forward buying 29969
103 Freight Charge 10258
104 Freight Consolidation 7471
105 Gantt Chart 8233
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11642
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29457
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12606
109 Hub 23305
110 Idle Time 8000
111 Import/Export License 8647
112 In Bond Shipment 13831
113 Inbound Logistics 13479
114 Interstate System 10933
115 Inventory Costs 53358
116 Inventory in Transit 16340
117 Inventory Management 54495
118 Inventory Planning System 9728
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22194
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42338
121 JIT 2 18369
122 Job Production 27351
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8976
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10077
126 Lean Office 5966
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10821
128 Lee's Notation 8510
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14112
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36977
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9172
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7386
133 Logistics Channel 22803
134 Logistics Costs 26544
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6637
136 Manifest 10462
137 Marks and Numbers 12519
138 Material Planning 34976
139 Materials Management 26273
140 Milk Run 42944
141 Mini Land Bridge 14337
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9449
143 Modal Split 15320
144 Movement of Goods 19364
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31435
146 North West Corner Method 16804
147 Numeric Distribution 14112
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28438
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48263
150 Operational Efficiency 9874
151 Operational Objectives 13278
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18076
153 Operational Sustainability 27798
154 Operations Management 20507
155 Order Cancellation 10731
156 Order Cycle 18369
157 Order Cycle Time 23424
158 Order Fill Rate 33915
159 Order Fulfillment 6419
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10223
161 Parts Standardization 9245
162 PDCA Cycle 7930
163 Peak Load Pricing 13303
164 Perfect Order 13106
165 Physical Distribution 24836
166 Pick List 9774
167 Pipeline inventory 42257
168 Postponement 15218
169 Process Bottleneck 6225
170 Process Checklist Template 6868
 
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