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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) 37873
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48614
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7356
84 Efficient Frontier 24839
85 Engineer-to-Order 31141
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15804
87 Erlang B Formula 9023
88 ETD 8034
89 Ex Works 7635
90 Exception Rate 13051
91 Exponential smoothing 9558
92 External Growth 9763
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9156
94 Field Services 7549
95 Field Warehouse 9621
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8341
97 Fishbone Diagram 14232
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26413
99 Flow Through Distribution 11979
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7858
101 FOB Destination 12598
102 Forward buying 29622
103 Freight Charge 10046
104 Freight Consolidation 7259
105 Gantt Chart 8071
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11334
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29026
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22950
110 Idle Time 7809
111 Import/Export License 8414
112 In Bond Shipment 13522
113 Inbound Logistics 13134
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52492
116 Inventory in Transit 16013
117 Inventory Management 53633
118 Inventory Planning System 9529
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21810
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40995
121 JIT 2 18158
122 Job Production 26377
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8690
124 Kanban Squares 6563
125 Laid-Down Cost 9837
126 Lean Office 5751
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8292
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13712
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36057
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8904
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7206
133 Logistics Channel 22481
134 Logistics Costs 26189
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6506
136 Manifest 10165
137 Marks and Numbers 12191
138 Material Planning 34437
139 Materials Management 25955
140 Milk Run 42248
141 Mini Land Bridge 14062
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9106
143 Modal Split 14869
144 Movement of Goods 19027
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30951
146 North West Corner Method 16595
147 Numeric Distribution 13746
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28046
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47718
150 Operational Efficiency 9614
151 Operational Objectives 13048
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17893
153 Operational Sustainability 27377
154 Operations Management 19676
155 Order Cancellation 10326
156 Order Cycle 18107
157 Order Cycle Time 23063
158 Order Fill Rate 33532
159 Order Fulfillment 6239
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9990
161 Parts Standardization 9025
162 PDCA Cycle 7786
163 Peak Load Pricing 13053
164 Perfect Order 12730
165 Physical Distribution 24451
166 Pick List 9545
167 Pipeline inventory 41809
168 Postponement 14949
169 Process Bottleneck 5979
170 Process Checklist Template 6671
171 Process Yield 19799
172 Product ID 15563
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10155
174 Production Capacity 26884
175 Production Orientation 25197
176 Production Planning 35334
177 Production Related Materials 7241
178 Production Scheduling 34842
179 Purchasing 22070
180 Quality Audit 6834
 
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