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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 8328
72 Distribution Channel Management 34652
73 Distribution Metrics 9075
74 Distribution Planning 24159
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15173
76 Double Marginalization 52597
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22252
78 Dual 5421
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20572
80 Echelon Inventory 26157
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38222
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49607
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7587
84 Efficient Frontier 25418
85 Engineer-to-Order 31690
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16378
87 Erlang B Formula 9322
88 ETD 8304
89 Ex Works 7813
90 Exception Rate 13445
91 Exponential smoothing 9806
92 External Growth 10037
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9398
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10353
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8728
97 Fishbone Diagram 14574
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26965
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8142
101 FOB Destination 12989
102 Forward buying 30036
103 Freight Charge 10295
104 Freight Consolidation 7501
105 Gantt Chart 8268
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11696
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29533
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12649
109 Hub 23377
110 Idle Time 8043
111 Import/Export License 8685
112 In Bond Shipment 13905
113 Inbound Logistics 13545
114 Interstate System 10977
115 Inventory Costs 53511
116 Inventory in Transit 16405
117 Inventory Management 54626
118 Inventory Planning System 9754
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22252
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42557
121 JIT 2 18407
122 Job Production 27537
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9028
124 Kanban Squares 6809
125 Laid-Down Cost 10134
126 Lean Office 6010
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10839
128 Lee's Notation 8544
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14185
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37129
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9229
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7413
133 Logistics Channel 22864
134 Logistics Costs 26618
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6667
136 Manifest 10505
137 Marks and Numbers 12572
138 Material Planning 35044
139 Materials Management 26326
140 Milk Run 43050
141 Mini Land Bridge 14388
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9513
143 Modal Split 15380
144 Movement of Goods 19430
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31560
146 North West Corner Method 16835
147 Numeric Distribution 14181
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28500
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48367
150 Operational Efficiency 9915
151 Operational Objectives 13319
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18104
153 Operational Sustainability 27886
154 Operations Management 20608
155 Order Cancellation 10788
156 Order Cycle 18417
157 Order Cycle Time 23479
158 Order Fill Rate 33981
159 Order Fulfillment 6452
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10280
161 Parts Standardization 9286
162 PDCA Cycle 7949
163 Peak Load Pricing 13342
164 Perfect Order 13192
165 Physical Distribution 24892
166 Pick List 9817
167 Pipeline inventory 42324
168 Postponement 15266
169 Process Bottleneck 6261
170 Process Checklist Template 6903
 
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