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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 8337
72 Distribution Channel Management 34667
73 Distribution Metrics 9084
74 Distribution Planning 24169
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15184
76 Double Marginalization 52608
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22265
78 Dual 5428
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20578
80 Echelon Inventory 26165
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38235
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49636
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7596
84 Efficient Frontier 25432
85 Engineer-to-Order 31701
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16392
87 Erlang B Formula 9328
88 ETD 8310
89 Ex Works 7820
90 Exception Rate 13457
91 Exponential smoothing 9811
92 External Growth 10049
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9404
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10378
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8735
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26981
99 Flow Through Distribution 12286
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8153
101 FOB Destination 12997
102 Forward buying 30043
103 Freight Charge 10302
104 Freight Consolidation 7509
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11706
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29546
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12657
109 Hub 23385
110 Idle Time 8051
111 Import/Export License 8692
112 In Bond Shipment 13918
113 Inbound Logistics 13552
114 Interstate System 10982
115 Inventory Costs 53549
116 Inventory in Transit 16418
117 Inventory Management 54651
118 Inventory Planning System 9764
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22260
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42590
121 JIT 2 18415
122 Job Production 27570
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9036
124 Kanban Squares 6813
125 Laid-Down Cost 10144
126 Lean Office 6018
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8549
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14193
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37147
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9236
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7419
133 Logistics Channel 22872
134 Logistics Costs 26632
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6676
136 Manifest 10511
137 Marks and Numbers 12580
138 Material Planning 35058
139 Materials Management 26338
140 Milk Run 43065
141 Mini Land Bridge 14398
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9525
143 Modal Split 15388
144 Movement of Goods 19446
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31576
146 North West Corner Method 16848
147 Numeric Distribution 14194
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28514
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48375
150 Operational Efficiency 9922
151 Operational Objectives 13327
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18109
153 Operational Sustainability 27899
154 Operations Management 20626
155 Order Cancellation 10798
156 Order Cycle 18424
157 Order Cycle Time 23486
158 Order Fill Rate 33990
159 Order Fulfillment 6460
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10287
161 Parts Standardization 9296
162 PDCA Cycle 7955
163 Peak Load Pricing 13351
164 Perfect Order 13198
165 Physical Distribution 24906
166 Pick List 9823
167 Pipeline inventory 42336
168 Postponement 15273
169 Process Bottleneck 6269
170 Process Checklist Template 6913
 
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