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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 8353
72 Distribution Channel Management 34732
73 Distribution Metrics 9111
74 Distribution Planning 24198
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15208
76 Double Marginalization 52715
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22368
78 Dual 5439
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20608
80 Echelon Inventory 26199
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38259
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49711
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25474
85 Engineer-to-Order 31731
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16500
87 Erlang B Formula 9343
88 ETD 8327
89 Ex Works 7832
90 Exception Rate 13486
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9503
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8755
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27020
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8173
101 FOB Destination 13027
102 Forward buying 30146
103 Freight Charge 10401
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11730
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29579
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12679
109 Hub 23424
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8716
112 In Bond Shipment 13945
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53615
116 Inventory in Transit 16523
117 Inventory Management 54783
118 Inventory Planning System 9860
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22289
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42697
121 JIT 2 18438
122 Job Production 27651
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9134
124 Kanban Squares 6832
125 Laid-Down Cost 10184
126 Lean Office 6119
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10857
128 Lee's Notation 8567
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14223
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37266
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9267
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7520
133 Logistics Channel 22903
134 Logistics Costs 26673
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6686
136 Manifest 10529
137 Marks and Numbers 12601
138 Material Planning 35098
139 Materials Management 26368
140 Milk Run 43101
141 Mini Land Bridge 14417
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9560
143 Modal Split 15416
144 Movement of Goods 19477
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31631
146 North West Corner Method 16861
147 Numeric Distribution 14221
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28547
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48437
150 Operational Efficiency 9943
151 Operational Objectives 13354
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18124
153 Operational Sustainability 28003
154 Operations Management 20756
155 Order Cancellation 10820
156 Order Cycle 18445
157 Order Cycle Time 23512
158 Order Fill Rate 34027
159 Order Fulfillment 6471
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10315
161 Parts Standardization 9314
162 PDCA Cycle 8053
163 Peak Load Pricing 13370
164 Perfect Order 13229
165 Physical Distribution 24944
166 Pick List 9843
167 Pipeline inventory 42362
168 Postponement 15292
169 Process Bottleneck 6299
170 Process Checklist Template 6929
 
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