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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 8405
72 Distribution Channel Management 34911
73 Distribution Metrics 9200
74 Distribution Planning 24269
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15298
76 Double Marginalization 52855
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22457
78 Dual 5473
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20675
80 Echelon Inventory 26272
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38330
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49904
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7666
84 Efficient Frontier 25581
85 Engineer-to-Order 31843
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16626
87 Erlang B Formula 9398
88 ETD 8374
89 Ex Works 7874
90 Exception Rate 13560
91 Exponential smoothing 9868
92 External Growth 10139
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9570
94 Field Services 7777
95 Field Warehouse 10660
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8852
97 Fishbone Diagram 14671
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8232
101 FOB Destination 13116
102 Forward buying 30283
103 Freight Charge 10455
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11798
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29662
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12747
109 Hub 23519
110 Idle Time 8115
111 Import/Export License 8780
112 In Bond Shipment 14028
113 Inbound Logistics 13653
114 Interstate System 11061
115 Inventory Costs 53841
116 Inventory in Transit 16597
117 Inventory Management 54988
118 Inventory Planning System 9916
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22374
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43076
121 JIT 2 18496
122 Job Production 27905
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9191
124 Kanban Squares 6886
125 Laid-Down Cost 10268
126 Lean Office 6171
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10888
128 Lee's Notation 8611
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14331
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37430
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9344
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7564
133 Logistics Channel 22980
134 Logistics Costs 26755
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6720
136 Manifest 10599
137 Marks and Numbers 12690
138 Material Planning 35222
139 Materials Management 26448
140 Milk Run 43222
141 Mini Land Bridge 14474
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9635
143 Modal Split 15501
144 Movement of Goods 19554
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31788
146 North West Corner Method 16911
147 Numeric Distribution 14299
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28637
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48596
150 Operational Efficiency 9993
151 Operational Objectives 13415
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18167
153 Operational Sustainability 28154
154 Operations Management 20944
155 Order Cancellation 10894
156 Order Cycle 18506
157 Order Cycle Time 23585
158 Order Fill Rate 34118
159 Order Fulfillment 6513
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10382
161 Parts Standardization 9370
162 PDCA Cycle 8093
163 Peak Load Pricing 13413
164 Perfect Order 13320
165 Physical Distribution 25041
166 Pick List 9901
167 Pipeline inventory 42464
168 Postponement 15347
169 Process Bottleneck 6347
170 Process Checklist Template 6970
 
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