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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 8204
72 Distribution Channel Management 34231
73 Distribution Metrics 8810
74 Distribution Planning 23969
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14943
76 Double Marginalization 52312
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22062
78 Dual 5312
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20369
80 Echelon Inventory 25918
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38024
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49075
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7452
84 Efficient Frontier 25093
85 Engineer-to-Order 31373
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16055
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8134
89 Ex Works 7710
90 Exception Rate 13217
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7617
95 Field Warehouse 9739
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8522
97 Fishbone Diagram 14389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26640
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7980
101 FOB Destination 12767
102 Forward buying 29808
103 Freight Charge 10146
104 Freight Consolidation 7374
105 Gantt Chart 8152
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11504
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29265
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12482
109 Hub 23134
110 Idle Time 7908
111 Import/Export License 8536
112 In Bond Shipment 13691
113 Inbound Logistics 13293
114 Interstate System 10818
115 Inventory Costs 52961
116 Inventory in Transit 16179
117 Inventory Management 54052
118 Inventory Planning System 9629
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22023
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41691
121 JIT 2 18267
122 Job Production 26883
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8841
124 Kanban Squares 6681
125 Laid-Down Cost 9942
126 Lean Office 5863
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8406
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13919
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36515
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9009
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7315
133 Logistics Channel 22637
134 Logistics Costs 26368
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6576
136 Manifest 10317
137 Marks and Numbers 12323
138 Material Planning 34719
139 Materials Management 26099
140 Milk Run 42646
141 Mini Land Bridge 14210
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9284
143 Modal Split 15089
144 Movement of Goods 19198
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31194
146 North West Corner Method 16690
147 Numeric Distribution 13932
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28238
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47995
150 Operational Efficiency 9754
151 Operational Objectives 13166
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17978
153 Operational Sustainability 27595
154 Operations Management 20101
155 Order Cancellation 10519
156 Order Cycle 18232
157 Order Cycle Time 23289
158 Order Fill Rate 33730
159 Order Fulfillment 6335
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10088
161 Parts Standardization 9136
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13191
164 Perfect Order 12912
165 Physical Distribution 24663
166 Pick List 9666
167 Pipeline inventory 42061
168 Postponement 15090
169 Process Bottleneck 6106
170 Process Checklist Template 6749
 
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