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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 8261
72 Distribution Channel Management 34447
73 Distribution Metrics 8944
74 Distribution Planning 24064
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15058
76 Double Marginalization 52452
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22157
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20469
80 Echelon Inventory 26022
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38127
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49339
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7520
84 Efficient Frontier 25267
85 Engineer-to-Order 31540
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16224
87 Erlang B Formula 9241
88 ETD 8225
89 Ex Works 7761
90 Exception Rate 13333
91 Exponential smoothing 9738
92 External Growth 9953
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9331
94 Field Services 7671
95 Field Warehouse 9892
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8631
97 Fishbone Diagram 14495
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26811
99 Flow Through Distribution 12194
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8063
101 FOB Destination 12897
102 Forward buying 29908
103 Freight Charge 10228
104 Freight Consolidation 7437
105 Gantt Chart 8211
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11598
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29393
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12568
109 Hub 23257
110 Idle Time 7973
111 Import/Export License 8611
112 In Bond Shipment 13779
113 Inbound Logistics 13425
114 Interstate System 10896
115 Inventory Costs 53241
116 Inventory in Transit 16295
117 Inventory Management 54375
118 Inventory Planning System 9699
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22142
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42143
121 JIT 2 18332
122 Job Production 27219
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8937
124 Kanban Squares 6747
125 Laid-Down Cost 10039
126 Lean Office 5938
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8473
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14055
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36844
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9118
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7366
133 Logistics Channel 22754
134 Logistics Costs 26492
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6618
136 Manifest 10419
137 Marks and Numbers 12456
138 Material Planning 34916
139 Materials Management 26223
140 Milk Run 42851
141 Mini Land Bridge 14299
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9393
143 Modal Split 15258
144 Movement of Goods 19315
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31366
146 North West Corner Method 16771
147 Numeric Distribution 14045
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28384
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48173
150 Operational Efficiency 9842
151 Operational Objectives 13244
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18046
153 Operational Sustainability 27729
154 Operations Management 20394
155 Order Cancellation 10674
156 Order Cycle 18332
157 Order Cycle Time 23392
158 Order Fill Rate 33862
159 Order Fulfillment 6390
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10183
161 Parts Standardization 9214
162 PDCA Cycle 7910
163 Peak Load Pricing 13270
164 Perfect Order 13041
165 Physical Distribution 24786
166 Pick List 9741
167 Pipeline inventory 42200
168 Postponement 15174
169 Process Bottleneck 6190
170 Process Checklist Template 6837
 
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