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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 8156
72 Distribution Channel Management 34020
73 Distribution Metrics 8697
74 Distribution Planning 23891
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14829
76 Double Marginalization 52167
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21979
78 Dual 5251
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20290
80 Echelon Inventory 25848
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37941
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48821
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7397
84 Efficient Frontier 24946
85 Engineer-to-Order 31241
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15925
87 Erlang B Formula 9083
88 ETD 8073
89 Ex Works 7664
90 Exception Rate 13128
91 Exponential smoothing 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9195
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9675
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8413
97 Fishbone Diagram 14296
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26500
99 Flow Through Distribution 12033
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7911
101 FOB Destination 12668
102 Forward buying 29697
103 Freight Charge 10088
104 Freight Consolidation 7311
105 Gantt Chart 8104
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11399
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29154
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12414
109 Hub 23036
110 Idle Time 7857
111 Import/Export License 8468
112 In Bond Shipment 13599
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52718
116 Inventory in Transit 16079
117 Inventory Management 53811
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21901
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41324
121 JIT 2 18200
122 Job Production 26587
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8750
124 Kanban Squares 6609
125 Laid-Down Cost 9881
126 Lean Office 5792
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8344
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13804
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36254
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8945
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7252
133 Logistics Channel 22551
134 Logistics Costs 26270
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6527
136 Manifest 10224
137 Marks and Numbers 12251
138 Material Planning 34547
139 Materials Management 26014
140 Milk Run 42406
141 Mini Land Bridge 14121
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9168
143 Modal Split 14960
144 Movement of Goods 19112
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31049
146 North West Corner Method 16637
147 Numeric Distribution 13832
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28126
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47833
150 Operational Efficiency 9670
151 Operational Objectives 13099
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17924
153 Operational Sustainability 27465
154 Operations Management 19848
155 Order Cancellation 10401
156 Order Cycle 18158
157 Order Cycle Time 23175
158 Order Fill Rate 33612
159 Order Fulfillment 6277
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10033
161 Parts Standardization 9065
162 PDCA Cycle 7809
163 Peak Load Pricing 13112
164 Perfect Order 12801
165 Physical Distribution 24540
166 Pick List 9596
167 Pipeline inventory 41928
168 Postponement 15015
169 Process Bottleneck 6037
170 Process Checklist Template 6706
 
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