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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 8470
72 Distribution Channel Management 35143
73 Distribution Metrics 9329
74 Distribution Planning 24383
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15418
76 Double Marginalization 53023
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22570
78 Dual 5532
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20764
80 Echelon Inventory 26441
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38450
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50178
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25733
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16805
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8449
89 Ex Works 7934
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9940
92 External Growth 10234
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9662
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 10998
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8979
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27338
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8331
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30417
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8382
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11915
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29769
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12837
109 Hub 23637
110 Idle Time 8184
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14130
113 Inbound Logistics 13754
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54093
116 Inventory in Transit 16738
117 Inventory Management 55272
118 Inventory Planning System 9995
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22513
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43428
121 JIT 2 18572
122 Job Production 28258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9274
124 Kanban Squares 6973
125 Laid-Down Cost 10380
126 Lean Office 6252
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8661
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14466
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37665
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9442
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23074
134 Logistics Costs 26882
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6766
136 Manifest 10701
137 Marks and Numbers 12810
138 Material Planning 35377
139 Materials Management 26562
140 Milk Run 43386
141 Mini Land Bridge 14562
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9738
143 Modal Split 15610
144 Movement of Goods 19710
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31944
146 North West Corner Method 16982
147 Numeric Distribution 14400
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28767
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48820
150 Operational Efficiency 10062
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18220
153 Operational Sustainability 28296
154 Operations Management 21110
155 Order Cancellation 10989
156 Order Cycle 18589
157 Order Cycle Time 23687
158 Order Fill Rate 34236
159 Order Fulfillment 6579
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10481
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13480
164 Perfect Order 13433
165 Physical Distribution 25178
166 Pick List 9980
167 Pipeline inventory 42606
168 Postponement 15457
169 Process Bottleneck 6424
170 Process Checklist Template 7024
 
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