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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 8189
72 Distribution Channel Management 34154
73 Distribution Metrics 8774
74 Distribution Planning 23939
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14905
76 Double Marginalization 52282
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22033
78 Dual 5300
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20341
80 Echelon Inventory 25899
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38001
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49003
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7437
84 Efficient Frontier 25052
85 Engineer-to-Order 31329
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16013
87 Erlang B Formula 9137
88 ETD 8117
89 Ex Works 7692
90 Exception Rate 13196
91 Exponential smoothing 9643
92 External Growth 9853
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9722
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8490
97 Fishbone Diagram 14358
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26599
99 Flow Through Distribution 12088
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7960
101 FOB Destination 12732
102 Forward buying 29785
103 Freight Charge 10131
104 Freight Consolidation 7358
105 Gantt Chart 8135
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11481
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29236
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12462
109 Hub 23107
110 Idle Time 7893
111 Import/Export License 8513
112 In Bond Shipment 13663
113 Inbound Logistics 13263
114 Interstate System 10800
115 Inventory Costs 52887
116 Inventory in Transit 16151
117 Inventory Management 53978
118 Inventory Planning System 9614
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21996
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41594
121 JIT 2 18250
122 Job Production 26800
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8812
124 Kanban Squares 6659
125 Laid-Down Cost 9925
126 Lean Office 5842
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8391
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13889
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36445
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8989
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7301
133 Logistics Channel 22610
134 Logistics Costs 26343
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6560
136 Manifest 10287
137 Marks and Numbers 12297
138 Material Planning 34668
139 Materials Management 26073
140 Milk Run 42573
141 Mini Land Bridge 14185
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9253
143 Modal Split 15059
144 Movement of Goods 19179
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31157
146 North West Corner Method 16672
147 Numeric Distribution 13898
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28199
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47944
150 Operational Efficiency 9736
151 Operational Objectives 13146
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17962
153 Operational Sustainability 27563
154 Operations Management 20026
155 Order Cancellation 10482
156 Order Cycle 18207
157 Order Cycle Time 23256
158 Order Fill Rate 33697
159 Order Fulfillment 6320
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10069
161 Parts Standardization 9114
162 PDCA Cycle 7838
163 Peak Load Pricing 13177
164 Perfect Order 12883
165 Physical Distribution 24629
166 Pick List 9647
167 Pipeline inventory 42021
168 Postponement 15071
169 Process Bottleneck 6086
170 Process Checklist Template 6735
 
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