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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 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34055
73 Distribution Metrics 8718
74 Distribution Planning 23900
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14857
76 Double Marginalization 52197
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21993
78 Dual 5267
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20301
80 Echelon Inventory 25863
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37957
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48866
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7407
84 Efficient Frontier 24976
85 Engineer-to-Order 31259
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15957
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8088
89 Ex Works 7673
90 Exception Rate 13150
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9826
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9211
94 Field Services 7583
95 Field Warehouse 9689
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26524
99 Flow Through Distribution 12051
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12682
102 Forward buying 29720
103 Freight Charge 10101
104 Freight Consolidation 7324
105 Gantt Chart 8114
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29182
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12426
109 Hub 23052
110 Idle Time 7865
111 Import/Export License 8481
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13219
114 Interstate System 10778
115 Inventory Costs 52766
116 Inventory in Transit 16102
117 Inventory Management 53851
118 Inventory Planning System 9585
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21926
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41400
121 JIT 2 18212
122 Job Production 26645
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8765
124 Kanban Squares 6621
125 Laid-Down Cost 9892
126 Lean Office 5807
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10736
128 Lee's Notation 8358
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13828
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36297
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8957
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7272
133 Logistics Channel 22569
134 Logistics Costs 26286
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6541
136 Manifest 10240
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34582
139 Materials Management 26030
140 Milk Run 42450
141 Mini Land Bridge 14134
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9192
143 Modal Split 14986
144 Movement of Goods 19130
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31072
146 North West Corner Method 16649
147 Numeric Distribution 13853
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28148
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47860
150 Operational Efficiency 9682
151 Operational Objectives 13113
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17934
153 Operational Sustainability 27498
154 Operations Management 19890
155 Order Cancellation 10419
156 Order Cycle 18171
157 Order Cycle Time 23193
158 Order Fill Rate 33638
159 Order Fulfillment 6288
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10043
161 Parts Standardization 9077
162 PDCA Cycle 7819
163 Peak Load Pricing 13131
164 Perfect Order 12825
165 Physical Distribution 24563
166 Pick List 9609
167 Pipeline inventory 41952
168 Postponement 15026
169 Process Bottleneck 6054
170 Process Checklist Template 6717
 
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