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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 8233
72 Distribution Channel Management 34351
73 Distribution Metrics 8884
74 Distribution Planning 24017
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14999
76 Double Marginalization 52381
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22115
78 Dual 5344
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20420
80 Echelon Inventory 25971
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38075
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49207
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7491
84 Efficient Frontier 25189
85 Engineer-to-Order 31462
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16135
87 Erlang B Formula 9199
88 ETD 8182
89 Ex Works 7734
90 Exception Rate 13279
91 Exponential smoothing 9701
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9293
94 Field Services 7644
95 Field Warehouse 9781
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8571
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26735
99 Flow Through Distribution 12151
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8027
101 FOB Destination 12838
102 Forward buying 29857
103 Freight Charge 10192
104 Freight Consolidation 7411
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11554
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29338
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12529
109 Hub 23201
110 Idle Time 7941
111 Import/Export License 8580
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13368
114 Interstate System 10856
115 Inventory Costs 53114
116 Inventory in Transit 16245
117 Inventory Management 54218
118 Inventory Planning System 9669
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22093
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41923
121 JIT 2 18307
122 Job Production 27050
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8893
124 Kanban Squares 6717
125 Laid-Down Cost 9994
126 Lean Office 5898
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8444
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13990
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36679
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9065
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7339
133 Logistics Channel 22703
134 Logistics Costs 26433
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6596
136 Manifest 10374
137 Marks and Numbers 12384
138 Material Planning 34825
139 Materials Management 26168
140 Milk Run 42759
141 Mini Land Bridge 14254
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9340
143 Modal Split 15178
144 Movement of Goods 19260
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31290
146 North West Corner Method 16736
147 Numeric Distribution 13989
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28308
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48086
150 Operational Efficiency 9801
151 Operational Objectives 13204
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18009
153 Operational Sustainability 27658
154 Operations Management 20242
155 Order Cancellation 10609
156 Order Cycle 18280
157 Order Cycle Time 23342
158 Order Fill Rate 33792
159 Order Fulfillment 6365
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10136
161 Parts Standardization 9176
162 PDCA Cycle 7881
163 Peak Load Pricing 13237
164 Perfect Order 12974
165 Physical Distribution 24733
166 Pick List 9707
167 Pipeline inventory 42137
168 Postponement 15128
169 Process Bottleneck 6145
170 Process Checklist Template 6799
 
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