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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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81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37926
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48785
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7389
84 Efficient Frontier 24923
85 Engineer-to-Order 31216
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15899
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7659
90 Exception Rate 13110
91 Exponential smoothing 9591
92 External Growth 9806
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9664
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8397
97 Fishbone Diagram 14284
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26485
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7900
101 FOB Destination 12656
102 Forward buying 29682
103 Freight Charge 10079
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8099
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11381
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29137
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23014
110 Idle Time 7849
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13585
113 Inbound Logistics 13184
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52681
116 Inventory in Transit 16064
117 Inventory Management 53775
118 Inventory Planning System 9558
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21879
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41270
121 JIT 2 18193
122 Job Production 26549
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8738
124 Kanban Squares 6598
125 Laid-Down Cost 9873
126 Lean Office 5784
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10720
128 Lee's Notation 8335
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13788
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36220
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8938
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7235
133 Logistics Channel 22534
134 Logistics Costs 26254
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10211
137 Marks and Numbers 12245
138 Material Planning 34527
139 Materials Management 26003
140 Milk Run 42378
141 Mini Land Bridge 14106
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9157
143 Modal Split 14943
144 Movement of Goods 19098
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31034
146 North West Corner Method 16628
147 Numeric Distribution 13818
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28116
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47811
150 Operational Efficiency 9657
151 Operational Objectives 13091
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17921
153 Operational Sustainability 27445
154 Operations Management 19815
155 Order Cancellation 10386
156 Order Cycle 18148
157 Order Cycle Time 23160
158 Order Fill Rate 33597
159 Order Fulfillment 6270
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10026
161 Parts Standardization 9058
162 PDCA Cycle 7804
163 Peak Load Pricing 13089
164 Perfect Order 12779
165 Physical Distribution 24524
166 Pick List 9585
167 Pipeline inventory 41909
168 Postponement 15005
169 Process Bottleneck 6027
170 Process Checklist Template 6701
171 Process Yield 19847
172 Product ID 15611
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27010
175 Production Orientation 25244
176 Production Planning 35545
177 Production Related Materials 7290
178 Production Scheduling 35015
179 Purchasing 22165
180 Quality Audit 6880
 
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