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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 8300
72 Distribution Channel Management 34561
73 Distribution Metrics 9020
74 Distribution Planning 24126
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15129
76 Double Marginalization 52541
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22218
78 Dual 5400
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20529
80 Echelon Inventory 26100
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38188
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49491
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7563
84 Efficient Frontier 25360
85 Engineer-to-Order 31628
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16314
87 Erlang B Formula 9295
88 ETD 8275
89 Ex Works 7791
90 Exception Rate 13405
91 Exponential smoothing 9776
92 External Growth 10010
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7704
95 Field Warehouse 10182
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8693
97 Fishbone Diagram 14541
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26901
99 Flow Through Distribution 12246
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
101 FOB Destination 12957
102 Forward buying 29985
103 Freight Charge 10267
104 Freight Consolidation 7480
105 Gantt Chart 8246
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11656
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29479
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12621
109 Hub 23327
110 Idle Time 8010
111 Import/Export License 8657
112 In Bond Shipment 13854
113 Inbound Logistics 13497
114 Interstate System 10946
115 Inventory Costs 53401
116 Inventory in Transit 16359
117 Inventory Management 54533
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22216
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42400
121 JIT 2 18382
122 Job Production 27405
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8991
124 Kanban Squares 6784
125 Laid-Down Cost 10095
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14129
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37032
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9187
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7396
133 Logistics Channel 22819
134 Logistics Costs 26561
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6644
136 Manifest 10476
137 Marks and Numbers 12540
138 Material Planning 34993
139 Materials Management 26291
140 Milk Run 42976
141 Mini Land Bridge 14354
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9472
143 Modal Split 15338
144 Movement of Goods 19380
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31468
146 North West Corner Method 16811
147 Numeric Distribution 14132
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28456
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48297
150 Operational Efficiency 9889
151 Operational Objectives 13288
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18083
153 Operational Sustainability 27823
154 Operations Management 20533
155 Order Cancellation 10745
156 Order Cycle 18378
157 Order Cycle Time 23438
158 Order Fill Rate 33935
159 Order Fulfillment 6431
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10241
161 Parts Standardization 9262
162 PDCA Cycle 7935
163 Peak Load Pricing 13313
164 Perfect Order 13131
165 Physical Distribution 24844
166 Pick List 9788
167 Pipeline inventory 42278
168 Postponement 15231
169 Process Bottleneck 6239
170 Process Checklist Template 6879
 
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