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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 8351
72 Distribution Channel Management 34711
73 Distribution Metrics 9100
74 Distribution Planning 24188
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15203
76 Double Marginalization 52684
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22341
78 Dual 5438
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20597
80 Echelon Inventory 26192
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38252
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49693
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7610
84 Efficient Frontier 25461
85 Engineer-to-Order 31723
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16469
87 Erlang B Formula 9341
88 ETD 8325
89 Ex Works 7830
90 Exception Rate 13481
91 Exponential smoothing 9826
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9476
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10423
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8749
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27009
99 Flow Through Distribution 12303
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8168
101 FOB Destination 13017
102 Forward buying 30119
103 Freight Charge 10375
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11723
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23410
110 Idle Time 8063
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13937
113 Inbound Logistics 13573
114 Interstate System 10996
115 Inventory Costs 53597
116 Inventory in Transit 16493
117 Inventory Management 54747
118 Inventory Planning System 9834
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22285
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42663
121 JIT 2 18433
122 Job Production 27635
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9107
124 Kanban Squares 6825
125 Laid-Down Cost 10172
126 Lean Office 6091
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10849
128 Lee's Notation 8564
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14215
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37231
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9260
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7492
133 Logistics Channel 22894
134 Logistics Costs 26655
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6683
136 Manifest 10527
137 Marks and Numbers 12596
138 Material Planning 35085
139 Materials Management 26363
140 Milk Run 43093
141 Mini Land Bridge 14411
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9549
143 Modal Split 15410
144 Movement of Goods 19469
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31618
146 North West Corner Method 16858
147 Numeric Distribution 14217
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28542
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48429
150 Operational Efficiency 9939
151 Operational Objectives 13346
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18120
153 Operational Sustainability 27975
154 Operations Management 20714
155 Order Cancellation 10816
156 Order Cycle 18441
157 Order Cycle Time 23508
158 Order Fill Rate 34018
159 Order Fulfillment 6471
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10309
161 Parts Standardization 9309
162 PDCA Cycle 8026
163 Peak Load Pricing 13365
164 Perfect Order 13221
165 Physical Distribution 24936
166 Pick List 9839
167 Pipeline inventory 42355
168 Postponement 15287
169 Process Bottleneck 6293
170 Process Checklist Template 6926
 
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