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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 8460
72 Distribution Channel Management 35102
73 Distribution Metrics 9299
74 Distribution Planning 24361
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15399
76 Double Marginalization 52986
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22545
78 Dual 5515
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20747
80 Echelon Inventory 26404
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38431
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50123
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7724
84 Efficient Frontier 25705
85 Engineer-to-Order 31952
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16767
87 Erlang B Formula 9461
88 ETD 8431
89 Ex Works 7926
90 Exception Rate 13655
91 Exponential smoothing 9929
92 External Growth 10211
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9637
94 Field Services 7818
95 Field Warehouse 10929
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14745
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27295
99 Flow Through Distribution 12458
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30391
103 Freight Charge 10512
104 Freight Consolidation 7617
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11891
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29751
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12817
109 Hub 23607
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8834
112 In Bond Shipment 14110
113 Inbound Logistics 13730
114 Interstate System 11118
115 Inventory Costs 54046
116 Inventory in Transit 16705
117 Inventory Management 55210
118 Inventory Planning System 9976
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22486
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43343
121 JIT 2 18557
122 Job Production 28192
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9257
124 Kanban Squares 6961
125 Laid-Down Cost 10359
126 Lean Office 6237
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8649
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14439
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37616
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9421
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23058
134 Logistics Costs 26864
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6758
136 Manifest 10679
137 Marks and Numbers 12785
138 Material Planning 35344
139 Materials Management 26542
140 Milk Run 43357
141 Mini Land Bridge 14550
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9720
143 Modal Split 15588
144 Movement of Goods 19672
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31913
146 North West Corner Method 16965
147 Numeric Distribution 14379
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28734
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48788
150 Operational Efficiency 10050
151 Operational Objectives 13481
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18209
153 Operational Sustainability 28275
154 Operations Management 21084
155 Order Cancellation 10967
156 Order Cycle 18570
157 Order Cycle Time 23668
158 Order Fill Rate 34217
159 Order Fulfillment 6567
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10462
161 Parts Standardization 9418
162 PDCA Cycle 8132
163 Peak Load Pricing 13467
164 Perfect Order 13415
165 Physical Distribution 25152
166 Pick List 9963
167 Pipeline inventory 42571
168 Postponement 15427
169 Process Bottleneck 6409
170 Process Checklist Template 7014
 
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