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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 8410
72 Distribution Channel Management 34930
73 Distribution Metrics 9209
74 Distribution Planning 24274
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15304
76 Double Marginalization 52863
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22466
78 Dual 5480
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20683
80 Echelon Inventory 26281
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38334
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49921
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7669
84 Efficient Frontier 25587
85 Engineer-to-Order 31851
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16635
87 Erlang B Formula 9402
88 ETD 8376
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13569
91 Exponential smoothing 9872
92 External Growth 10145
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7781
95 Field Warehouse 10679
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8860
97 Fishbone Diagram 14676
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27165
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8240
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30294
103 Freight Charge 10461
104 Freight Consolidation 7580
105 Gantt Chart 8333
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11801
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29669
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12753
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8120
111 Import/Export License 8782
112 In Bond Shipment 14038
113 Inbound Logistics 13659
114 Interstate System 11068
115 Inventory Costs 53858
116 Inventory in Transit 16607
117 Inventory Management 55003
118 Inventory Planning System 9920
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22382
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43094
121 JIT 2 18503
122 Job Production 27925
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9198
124 Kanban Squares 6893
125 Laid-Down Cost 10282
126 Lean Office 6178
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8618
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14337
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37439
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9347
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7570
133 Logistics Channel 22984
134 Logistics Costs 26764
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10607
137 Marks and Numbers 12695
138 Material Planning 35236
139 Materials Management 26458
140 Milk Run 43232
141 Mini Land Bridge 14480
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9643
143 Modal Split 15504
144 Movement of Goods 19563
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31800
146 North West Corner Method 16913
147 Numeric Distribution 14304
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28645
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48606
150 Operational Efficiency 9998
151 Operational Objectives 13417
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18172
153 Operational Sustainability 28162
154 Operations Management 20954
155 Order Cancellation 10900
156 Order Cycle 18513
157 Order Cycle Time 23590
158 Order Fill Rate 34128
159 Order Fulfillment 6520
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10388
161 Parts Standardization 9376
162 PDCA Cycle 8096
163 Peak Load Pricing 13420
164 Perfect Order 13326
165 Physical Distribution 25049
166 Pick List 9906
167 Pipeline inventory 42471
168 Postponement 15354
169 Process Bottleneck 6353
170 Process Checklist Template 6975
 
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