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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 8152
72 Distribution Channel Management 33993
73 Distribution Metrics 8679
74 Distribution Planning 23872
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14820
76 Double Marginalization 52145
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21967
78 Dual 5241
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20282
80 Echelon Inventory 25837
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37927
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48788
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7391
84 Efficient Frontier 24926
85 Engineer-to-Order 31221
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15902
87 Erlang B Formula 9067
88 ETD 8068
89 Ex Works 7660
90 Exception Rate 13113
91 Exponential smoothing 9593
92 External Growth 9807
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7572
95 Field Warehouse 9666
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8399
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26487
99 Flow Through Distribution 12020
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
101 FOB Destination 12657
102 Forward buying 29683
103 Freight Charge 10080
104 Freight Consolidation 7300
105 Gantt Chart 8099
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11384
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29140
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23015
110 Idle Time 7850
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13585
113 Inbound Logistics 13185
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52684
116 Inventory in Transit 16064
117 Inventory Management 53779
118 Inventory Planning System 9559
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21880
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41276
121 JIT 2 18193
122 Job Production 26554
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8739
124 Kanban Squares 6600
125 Laid-Down Cost 9875
126 Lean Office 5786
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10723
128 Lee's Notation 8335
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13790
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36224
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8938
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7237
133 Logistics Channel 22536
134 Logistics Costs 26255
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10215
137 Marks and Numbers 12245
138 Material Planning 34528
139 Materials Management 26003
140 Milk Run 42381
141 Mini Land Bridge 14106
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9159
143 Modal Split 14947
144 Movement of Goods 19098
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31035
146 North West Corner Method 16628
147 Numeric Distribution 13819
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28117
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47816
150 Operational Efficiency 9658
151 Operational Objectives 13092
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17922
153 Operational Sustainability 27449
154 Operations Management 19819
155 Order Cancellation 10388
156 Order Cycle 18151
157 Order Cycle Time 23163
158 Order Fill Rate 33600
159 Order Fulfillment 6271
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10026
161 Parts Standardization 9058
162 PDCA Cycle 7805
163 Peak Load Pricing 13095
164 Perfect Order 12781
165 Physical Distribution 24527
166 Pick List 9586
167 Pipeline inventory 41912
168 Postponement 15008
169 Process Bottleneck 6028
170 Process Checklist Template 6702
 
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