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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 8433
72 Distribution Channel Management 35010
73 Distribution Metrics 9250
74 Distribution Planning 24310
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15342
76 Double Marginalization 52911
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22496
78 Dual 5492
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20715
80 Echelon Inventory 26321
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38372
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50000
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7690
84 Efficient Frontier 25634
85 Engineer-to-Order 31891
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16680
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8400
89 Ex Works 7891
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9898
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9599
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10780
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8895
97 Fishbone Diagram 14700
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27223
99 Flow Through Distribution 12412
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8268
101 FOB Destination 13151
102 Forward buying 30341
103 Freight Charge 10487
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11835
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29705
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12776
109 Hub 23562
110 Idle Time 8140
111 Import/Export License 8808
112 In Bond Shipment 14075
113 Inbound Logistics 13689
114 Interstate System 11092
115 Inventory Costs 53948
116 Inventory in Transit 16646
117 Inventory Management 55082
118 Inventory Planning System 9946
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22418
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43178
121 JIT 2 18526
122 Job Production 28030
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9221
124 Kanban Squares 6922
125 Laid-Down Cost 10310
126 Lean Office 6206
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10901
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14377
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37501
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9376
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7588
133 Logistics Channel 23018
134 Logistics Costs 26811
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10638
137 Marks and Numbers 12731
138 Material Planning 35283
139 Materials Management 26489
140 Milk Run 43282
141 Mini Land Bridge 14510
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9677
143 Modal Split 15545
144 Movement of Goods 19598
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31842
146 North West Corner Method 16938
147 Numeric Distribution 14336
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28679
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48677
150 Operational Efficiency 10020
151 Operational Objectives 13450
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18188
153 Operational Sustainability 28202
154 Operations Management 20999
155 Order Cancellation 10927
156 Order Cycle 18537
157 Order Cycle Time 23622
158 Order Fill Rate 34160
159 Order Fulfillment 6541
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10417
161 Parts Standardization 9395
162 PDCA Cycle 8113
163 Peak Load Pricing 13440
164 Perfect Order 13361
165 Physical Distribution 25094
166 Pick List 9925
167 Pipeline inventory 42516
168 Postponement 15377
169 Process Bottleneck 6381
170 Process Checklist Template 6996
 
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