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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 8141
72 Distribution Channel Management 33954
73 Distribution Metrics 8659
74 Distribution Planning 23845
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14803
76 Double Marginalization 52117
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21951
78 Dual 5228
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20274
80 Echelon Inventory 25824
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37911
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48732
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7375
84 Efficient Frontier 24896
85 Engineer-to-Order 31200
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15874
87 Erlang B Formula 9049
88 ETD 8055
89 Ex Works 7652
90 Exception Rate 13093
91 Exponential smoothing 9582
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8380
97 Fishbone Diagram 14272
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26463
99 Flow Through Distribution 12001
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12637
102 Forward buying 29665
103 Freight Charge 10065
104 Freight Consolidation 7287
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11362
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29122
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12399
109 Hub 22994
110 Idle Time 7835
111 Import/Export License 8446
112 In Bond Shipment 13569
113 Inbound Logistics 13170
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52622
116 Inventory in Transit 16048
117 Inventory Management 53738
118 Inventory Planning System 9548
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21852
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41187
121 JIT 2 18182
122 Job Production 26492
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8724
124 Kanban Squares 6587
125 Laid-Down Cost 9866
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13763
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36186
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8926
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7222
133 Logistics Channel 22518
134 Logistics Costs 26231
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6517
136 Manifest 10196
137 Marks and Numbers 12228
138 Material Planning 34503
139 Materials Management 25985
140 Milk Run 42338
141 Mini Land Bridge 14094
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9142
143 Modal Split 14918
144 Movement of Goods 19078
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31011
146 North West Corner Method 16619
147 Numeric Distribution 13802
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28095
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47784
150 Operational Efficiency 9644
151 Operational Objectives 13077
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17913
153 Operational Sustainability 27421
154 Operations Management 19771
155 Order Cancellation 10368
156 Order Cycle 18129
157 Order Cycle Time 23144
158 Order Fill Rate 33567
159 Order Fulfillment 6258
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10014
161 Parts Standardization 9045
162 PDCA Cycle 7799
163 Peak Load Pricing 13080
164 Perfect Order 12765
165 Physical Distribution 24502
166 Pick List 9570
167 Pipeline inventory 41878
168 Postponement 14990
169 Process Bottleneck 6009
170 Process Checklist Template 6692
 
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