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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 8430
72 Distribution Channel Management 34994
73 Distribution Metrics 9239
74 Distribution Planning 24302
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15337
76 Double Marginalization 52900
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22488
78 Dual 5489
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20708
80 Echelon Inventory 26311
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38364
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49983
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7687
84 Efficient Frontier 25624
85 Engineer-to-Order 31884
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16674
87 Erlang B Formula 9420
88 ETD 8395
89 Ex Works 7888
90 Exception Rate 13598
91 Exponential smoothing 9892
92 External Growth 10170
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9593
94 Field Services 7794
95 Field Warehouse 10760
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8889
97 Fishbone Diagram 14694
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27209
99 Flow Through Distribution 12404
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8263
101 FOB Destination 13146
102 Forward buying 30331
103 Freight Charge 10481
104 Freight Consolidation 7594
105 Gantt Chart 8346
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11828
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29698
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12773
109 Hub 23556
110 Idle Time 8138
111 Import/Export License 8803
112 In Bond Shipment 14070
113 Inbound Logistics 13683
114 Interstate System 11086
115 Inventory Costs 53934
116 Inventory in Transit 16638
117 Inventory Management 55071
118 Inventory Planning System 9942
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22413
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43161
121 JIT 2 18520
122 Job Production 28014
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9215
124 Kanban Squares 6917
125 Laid-Down Cost 10302
126 Lean Office 6199
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10899
128 Lee's Notation 8629
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14368
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37489
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9370
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7580
133 Logistics Channel 23011
134 Logistics Costs 26803
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6735
136 Manifest 10634
137 Marks and Numbers 12723
138 Material Planning 35273
139 Materials Management 26482
140 Milk Run 43277
141 Mini Land Bridge 14501
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9667
143 Modal Split 15537
144 Movement of Goods 19591
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31836
146 North West Corner Method 16932
147 Numeric Distribution 14330
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28676
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48668
150 Operational Efficiency 10016
151 Operational Objectives 13444
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18182
153 Operational Sustainability 28195
154 Operations Management 20991
155 Order Cancellation 10921
156 Order Cycle 18530
157 Order Cycle Time 23619
158 Order Fill Rate 34151
159 Order Fulfillment 6537
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10412
161 Parts Standardization 9391
162 PDCA Cycle 8109
163 Peak Load Pricing 13436
164 Perfect Order 13354
165 Physical Distribution 25089
166 Pick List 9924
167 Pipeline inventory 42511
168 Postponement 15370
169 Process Bottleneck 6374
170 Process Checklist Template 6991
 
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