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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 8137
72 Distribution Channel Management 33919
73 Distribution Metrics 8644
74 Distribution Planning 23838
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14787
76 Double Marginalization 52096
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21942
78 Dual 5221
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20268
80 Echelon Inventory 25809
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37896
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48688
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7370
84 Efficient Frontier 24874
85 Engineer-to-Order 31181
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15843
87 Erlang B Formula 9043
88 ETD 8050
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13083
91 Exponential smoothing 9574
92 External Growth 9783
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9170
94 Field Services 7563
95 Field Warehouse 9640
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8364
97 Fishbone Diagram 14258
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26445
99 Flow Through Distribution 11994
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7880
101 FOB Destination 12626
102 Forward buying 29651
103 Freight Charge 10060
104 Freight Consolidation 7276
105 Gantt Chart 8084
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11353
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29072
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12389
109 Hub 22981
110 Idle Time 7827
111 Import/Export License 8434
112 In Bond Shipment 13551
113 Inbound Logistics 13160
114 Interstate System 10752
115 Inventory Costs 52568
116 Inventory in Transit 16034
117 Inventory Management 53697
118 Inventory Planning System 9540
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21830
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41118
121 JIT 2 18176
122 Job Production 26448
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8713
124 Kanban Squares 6578
125 Laid-Down Cost 9855
126 Lean Office 5769
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10714
128 Lee's Notation 8317
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13748
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36136
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8922
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7216
133 Logistics Channel 22505
134 Logistics Costs 26217
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6513
136 Manifest 10187
137 Marks and Numbers 12216
138 Material Planning 34479
139 Materials Management 25974
140 Milk Run 42308
141 Mini Land Bridge 14084
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9132
143 Modal Split 14901
144 Movement of Goods 19064
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30990
146 North West Corner Method 16612
147 Numeric Distribution 13784
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28076
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47763
150 Operational Efficiency 9632
151 Operational Objectives 13066
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17904
153 Operational Sustainability 27405
154 Operations Management 19740
155 Order Cancellation 10354
156 Order Cycle 18122
157 Order Cycle Time 23124
158 Order Fill Rate 33553
159 Order Fulfillment 6252
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10006
161 Parts Standardization 9037
162 PDCA Cycle 7791
163 Peak Load Pricing 13072
164 Perfect Order 12752
165 Physical Distribution 24487
166 Pick List 9562
167 Pipeline inventory 41860
168 Postponement 14978
169 Process Bottleneck 5999
170 Process Checklist Template 6683
 
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