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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 8269
72 Distribution Channel Management 34467
73 Distribution Metrics 8957
74 Distribution Planning 24075
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15071
76 Double Marginalization 52463
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22168
78 Dual 5374
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20478
80 Echelon Inventory 26035
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38140
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49363
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7527
84 Efficient Frontier 25282
85 Engineer-to-Order 31556
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16239
87 Erlang B Formula 9249
88 ETD 8238
89 Ex Works 7766
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9744
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9919
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8642
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26828
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8070
101 FOB Destination 12910
102 Forward buying 29924
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8215
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11611
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29408
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23270
110 Idle Time 7979
111 Import/Export License 8622
112 In Bond Shipment 13791
113 Inbound Logistics 13439
114 Interstate System 10906
115 Inventory Costs 53273
116 Inventory in Transit 16306
117 Inventory Management 54411
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22155
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42183
121 JIT 2 18343
122 Job Production 27253
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8945
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10047
126 Lean Office 5943
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10803
128 Lee's Notation 8487
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14071
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36875
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9132
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7370
133 Logistics Channel 22765
134 Logistics Costs 26499
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6621
136 Manifest 10430
137 Marks and Numbers 12470
138 Material Planning 34928
139 Materials Management 26236
140 Milk Run 42873
141 Mini Land Bridge 14313
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9407
143 Modal Split 15272
144 Movement of Goods 19327
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31381
146 North West Corner Method 16775
147 Numeric Distribution 14063
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28396
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48196
150 Operational Efficiency 9850
151 Operational Objectives 13250
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18052
153 Operational Sustainability 27744
154 Operations Management 20415
155 Order Cancellation 10688
156 Order Cycle 18341
157 Order Cycle Time 23404
158 Order Fill Rate 33874
159 Order Fulfillment 6398
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10193
161 Parts Standardization 9221
162 PDCA Cycle 7915
163 Peak Load Pricing 13280
164 Perfect Order 13056
165 Physical Distribution 24798
166 Pick List 9749
167 Pipeline inventory 42212
168 Postponement 15189
169 Process Bottleneck 6197
170 Process Checklist Template 6843
 
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