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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 8478
72 Distribution Channel Management 35170
73 Distribution Metrics 9350
74 Distribution Planning 24401
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15441
76 Double Marginalization 53047
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22589
78 Dual 5548
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20776
80 Echelon Inventory 26468
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38472
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50214
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7748
84 Efficient Frontier 25755
85 Engineer-to-Order 32000
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16826
87 Erlang B Formula 9480
88 ETD 8460
89 Ex Works 7948
90 Exception Rate 13691
91 Exponential smoothing 9950
92 External Growth 10247
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9678
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11058
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14785
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27362
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
101 FOB Destination 13237
102 Forward buying 30443
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8390
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11940
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12854
109 Hub 23658
110 Idle Time 8201
111 Import/Export License 8860
112 In Bond Shipment 14145
113 Inbound Logistics 13764
114 Interstate System 11147
115 Inventory Costs 54128
116 Inventory in Transit 16758
117 Inventory Management 55316
118 Inventory Planning System 10008
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22526
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43498
121 JIT 2 18586
122 Job Production 28308
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9288
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10397
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8676
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14485
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37686
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9459
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7631
133 Logistics Channel 23089
134 Logistics Costs 26902
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6774
136 Manifest 10712
137 Marks and Numbers 12830
138 Material Planning 35403
139 Materials Management 26584
140 Milk Run 43407
141 Mini Land Bridge 14576
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9753
143 Modal Split 15622
144 Movement of Goods 19734
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31961
146 North West Corner Method 16989
147 Numeric Distribution 14417
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28779
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48850
150 Operational Efficiency 10077
151 Operational Objectives 13501
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18231
153 Operational Sustainability 28321
154 Operations Management 21130
155 Order Cancellation 11003
156 Order Cycle 18601
157 Order Cycle Time 23702
158 Order Fill Rate 34263
159 Order Fulfillment 6594
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10493
161 Parts Standardization 9447
162 PDCA Cycle 8146
163 Peak Load Pricing 13493
164 Perfect Order 13450
165 Physical Distribution 25196
166 Pick List 9995
167 Pipeline inventory 42618
168 Postponement 15471
169 Process Bottleneck 6436
170 Process Checklist Template 7032
 
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