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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 8383
72 Distribution Channel Management 34839
73 Distribution Metrics 9162
74 Distribution Planning 24238
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15262
76 Double Marginalization 52812
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22426
78 Dual 5462
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20646
80 Echelon Inventory 26247
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38304
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49824
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7643
84 Efficient Frontier 25549
85 Engineer-to-Order 31808
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16579
87 Erlang B Formula 9377
88 ETD 8354
89 Ex Works 7860
90 Exception Rate 13534
91 Exponential smoothing 9848
92 External Growth 10111
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10583
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8814
97 Fishbone Diagram 14641
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27107
99 Flow Through Distribution 12348
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
101 FOB Destination 13079
102 Forward buying 30240
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8314
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11766
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29630
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12724
109 Hub 23481
110 Idle Time 8096
111 Import/Export License 8749
112 In Bond Shipment 14003
113 Inbound Logistics 13625
114 Interstate System 11034
115 Inventory Costs 53756
116 Inventory in Transit 16572
117 Inventory Management 54921
118 Inventory Planning System 9898
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22343
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42937
121 JIT 2 18474
122 Job Production 27816
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9169
124 Kanban Squares 6861
125 Laid-Down Cost 10236
126 Lean Office 6146
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10874
128 Lee's Notation 8591
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14288
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37376
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9314
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7549
133 Logistics Channel 22955
134 Logistics Costs 26728
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6711
136 Manifest 10571
137 Marks and Numbers 12650
138 Material Planning 35184
139 Materials Management 26412
140 Milk Run 43174
141 Mini Land Bridge 14449
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9602
143 Modal Split 15475
144 Movement of Goods 19527
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31735
146 North West Corner Method 16895
147 Numeric Distribution 14269
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28601
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48528
150 Operational Efficiency 9973
151 Operational Objectives 13389
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18150
153 Operational Sustainability 28104
154 Operations Management 20895
155 Order Cancellation 10867
156 Order Cycle 18482
157 Order Cycle Time 23557
158 Order Fill Rate 34084
159 Order Fulfillment 6496
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10353
161 Parts Standardization 9349
162 PDCA Cycle 8076
163 Peak Load Pricing 13395
164 Perfect Order 13287
165 Physical Distribution 25006
166 Pick List 9875
167 Pipeline inventory 42426
168 Postponement 15324
169 Process Bottleneck 6323
170 Process Checklist Template 6952
 
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