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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 8403
72 Distribution Channel Management 34904
73 Distribution Metrics 9198
74 Distribution Planning 24265
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15295
76 Double Marginalization 52852
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22455
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20673
80 Echelon Inventory 26270
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49897
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7663
84 Efficient Frontier 25580
85 Engineer-to-Order 31841
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16623
87 Erlang B Formula 9395
88 ETD 8371
89 Ex Works 7872
90 Exception Rate 13555
91 Exponential smoothing 9866
92 External Growth 10137
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10654
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8849
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8230
101 FOB Destination 13112
102 Forward buying 30277
103 Freight Charge 10454
104 Freight Consolidation 7577
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11792
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29659
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12746
109 Hub 23514
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8775
112 In Bond Shipment 14027
113 Inbound Logistics 13649
114 Interstate System 11059
115 Inventory Costs 53835
116 Inventory in Transit 16594
117 Inventory Management 54984
118 Inventory Planning System 9914
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22368
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43059
121 JIT 2 18496
122 Job Production 27894
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9189
124 Kanban Squares 6884
125 Laid-Down Cost 10265
126 Lean Office 6168
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10887
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14327
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37425
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9341
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7564
133 Logistics Channel 22975
134 Logistics Costs 26751
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6720
136 Manifest 10597
137 Marks and Numbers 12689
138 Material Planning 35218
139 Materials Management 26445
140 Milk Run 43216
141 Mini Land Bridge 14470
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9630
143 Modal Split 15499
144 Movement of Goods 19553
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31780
146 North West Corner Method 16910
147 Numeric Distribution 14295
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28636
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48586
150 Operational Efficiency 9990
151 Operational Objectives 13413
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18163
153 Operational Sustainability 28151
154 Operations Management 20939
155 Order Cancellation 10892
156 Order Cycle 18505
157 Order Cycle Time 23583
158 Order Fill Rate 34115
159 Order Fulfillment 6511
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10380
161 Parts Standardization 9366
162 PDCA Cycle 8091
163 Peak Load Pricing 13411
164 Perfect Order 13318
165 Physical Distribution 25039
166 Pick List 9900
167 Pipeline inventory 42461
168 Postponement 15346
169 Process Bottleneck 6343
170 Process Checklist Template 6970
 
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