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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 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34072
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23906
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14862
76 Double Marginalization 52212
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21996
78 Dual 5269
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37962
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48885
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7411
84 Efficient Frontier 24985
85 Engineer-to-Order 31265
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15968
87 Erlang B Formula 9101
88 ETD 8091
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8436
97 Fishbone Diagram 14310
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26538
99 Flow Through Distribution 12053
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7929
101 FOB Destination 12687
102 Forward buying 29730
103 Freight Charge 10105
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11426
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29188
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23060
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8486
112 In Bond Shipment 13618
113 Inbound Logistics 13225
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52782
116 Inventory in Transit 16107
117 Inventory Management 53871
118 Inventory Planning System 9587
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21933
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41422
121 JIT 2 18218
122 Job Production 26664
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8770
124 Kanban Squares 6626
125 Laid-Down Cost 9894
126 Lean Office 5811
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10741
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13833
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36324
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8962
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7278
133 Logistics Channel 22570
134 Logistics Costs 26292
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6542
136 Manifest 10245
137 Marks and Numbers 12264
138 Material Planning 34587
139 Materials Management 26036
140 Milk Run 42463
141 Mini Land Bridge 14140
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9201
143 Modal Split 14992
144 Movement of Goods 19137
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31078
146 North West Corner Method 16653
147 Numeric Distribution 13856
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28154
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47870
150 Operational Efficiency 9689
151 Operational Objectives 13116
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17938
153 Operational Sustainability 27509
154 Operations Management 19905
155 Order Cancellation 10424
156 Order Cycle 18174
157 Order Cycle Time 23199
158 Order Fill Rate 33647
159 Order Fulfillment 6292
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10048
161 Parts Standardization 9083
162 PDCA Cycle 7822
163 Peak Load Pricing 13136
164 Perfect Order 12832
165 Physical Distribution 24569
166 Pick List 9614
167 Pipeline inventory 41958
168 Postponement 15036
169 Process Bottleneck 6056
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
 
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