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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 8294
72 Distribution Channel Management 34528
73 Distribution Metrics 9004
74 Distribution Planning 24107
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15109
76 Double Marginalization 52514
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22199
78 Dual 5389
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20512
80 Echelon Inventory 26080
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38172
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49454
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7551
84 Efficient Frontier 25326
85 Engineer-to-Order 31606
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16284
87 Erlang B Formula 9276
88 ETD 8264
89 Ex Works 7784
90 Exception Rate 13386
91 Exponential smoothing 9767
92 External Growth 9991
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10094
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8678
97 Fishbone Diagram 14524
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26876
99 Flow Through Distribution 12234
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8093
101 FOB Destination 12943
102 Forward buying 29967
103 Freight Charge 10257
104 Freight Consolidation 7470
105 Gantt Chart 8232
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11642
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29456
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12606
109 Hub 23304
110 Idle Time 8000
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13830
113 Inbound Logistics 13479
114 Interstate System 10933
115 Inventory Costs 53357
116 Inventory in Transit 16340
117 Inventory Management 54493
118 Inventory Planning System 9727
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22194
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42333
121 JIT 2 18369
122 Job Production 27346
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8976
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10076
126 Lean Office 5965
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10820
128 Lee's Notation 8509
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14112
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36974
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9171
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7386
133 Logistics Channel 22802
134 Logistics Costs 26544
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6637
136 Manifest 10461
137 Marks and Numbers 12517
138 Material Planning 34973
139 Materials Management 26272
140 Milk Run 42942
141 Mini Land Bridge 14337
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9448
143 Modal Split 15319
144 Movement of Goods 19364
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31433
146 North West Corner Method 16803
147 Numeric Distribution 14111
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28437
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48262
150 Operational Efficiency 9873
151 Operational Objectives 13278
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18076
153 Operational Sustainability 27796
154 Operations Management 20505
155 Order Cancellation 10730
156 Order Cycle 18368
157 Order Cycle Time 23422
158 Order Fill Rate 33914
159 Order Fulfillment 6418
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10222
161 Parts Standardization 9245
162 PDCA Cycle 7929
163 Peak Load Pricing 13303
164 Perfect Order 13105
165 Physical Distribution 24835
166 Pick List 9774
167 Pipeline inventory 42256
168 Postponement 15217
169 Process Bottleneck 6225
170 Process Checklist Template 6867
 
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