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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 8283
72 Distribution Channel Management 34501
73 Distribution Metrics 8978
74 Distribution Planning 24090
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15089
76 Double Marginalization 52486
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22184
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20493
80 Echelon Inventory 26055
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38155
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49410
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7540
84 Efficient Frontier 25300
85 Engineer-to-Order 31574
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16264
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8250
89 Ex Works 7776
90 Exception Rate 13364
91 Exponential smoothing 9754
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9346
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10002
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8652
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26845
99 Flow Through Distribution 12215
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12937
102 Forward buying 29945
103 Freight Charge 10245
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11624
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29435
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12588
109 Hub 23288
110 Idle Time 7989
111 Import/Export License 8632
112 In Bond Shipment 13811
113 Inbound Logistics 13457
114 Interstate System 10917
115 Inventory Costs 53314
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54445
118 Inventory Planning System 9716
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22171
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42252
121 JIT 2 18360
122 Job Production 27303
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8962
124 Kanban Squares 6762
125 Laid-Down Cost 10059
126 Lean Office 5952
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10810
128 Lee's Notation 8498
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14088
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36920
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9151
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7377
133 Logistics Channel 22781
134 Logistics Costs 26518
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6628
136 Manifest 10444
137 Marks and Numbers 12494
138 Material Planning 34942
139 Materials Management 26248
140 Milk Run 42901
141 Mini Land Bridge 14322
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9427
143 Modal Split 15297
144 Movement of Goods 19345
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31407
146 North West Corner Method 16789
147 Numeric Distribution 14085
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28415
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48222
150 Operational Efficiency 9860
151 Operational Objectives 13264
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18065
153 Operational Sustainability 27765
154 Operations Management 20465
155 Order Cancellation 10711
156 Order Cycle 18353
157 Order Cycle Time 23410
158 Order Fill Rate 33891
159 Order Fulfillment 6407
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10204
161 Parts Standardization 9231
162 PDCA Cycle 7923
163 Peak Load Pricing 13290
164 Perfect Order 13081
165 Physical Distribution 24815
166 Pick List 9762
167 Pipeline inventory 42230
168 Postponement 15202
169 Process Bottleneck 6212
170 Process Checklist Template 6856
 
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