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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) 38241
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49666
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7603
84 Efficient Frontier 25442
85 Engineer-to-Order 31715
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16429
87 Erlang B Formula 9333
88 ETD 8317
89 Ex Works 7824
90 Exception Rate 13469
91 Exponential smoothing 9817
92 External Growth 10060
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9442
94 Field Services 7735
95 Field Warehouse 10397
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8742
97 Fishbone Diagram 14589
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26996
99 Flow Through Distribution 12295
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
101 FOB Destination 13007
102 Forward buying 30077
103 Freight Charge 10339
104 Freight Consolidation 7514
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11718
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29561
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12666
109 Hub 23398
110 Idle Time 8058
111 Import/Export License 8700
112 In Bond Shipment 13928
113 Inbound Logistics 13566
114 Interstate System 10989
115 Inventory Costs 53565
116 Inventory in Transit 16455
117 Inventory Management 54695
118 Inventory Planning System 9798
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22274
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42620
121 JIT 2 18422
122 Job Production 27602
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9071
124 Kanban Squares 6817
125 Laid-Down Cost 10158
126 Lean Office 6055
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8554
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14204
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37190
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9247
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7456
133 Logistics Channel 22880
134 Logistics Costs 26645
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10517
137 Marks and Numbers 12588
138 Material Planning 35073
139 Materials Management 26351
140 Milk Run 43077
141 Mini Land Bridge 14405
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9535
143 Modal Split 15397
144 Movement of Goods 19460
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31599
146 North West Corner Method 16850
147 Numeric Distribution 14205
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28528
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48404
150 Operational Efficiency 9931
151 Operational Objectives 13339
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18112
153 Operational Sustainability 27936
154 Operations Management 20665
155 Order Cancellation 10807
156 Order Cycle 18432
157 Order Cycle Time 23496
158 Order Fill Rate 34006
159 Order Fulfillment 6466
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10300
161 Parts Standardization 9303
162 PDCA Cycle 7991
163 Peak Load Pricing 13357
164 Perfect Order 13208
165 Physical Distribution 24917
166 Pick List 9831
167 Pipeline inventory 42346
168 Postponement 15278
169 Process Bottleneck 6280
170 Process Checklist Template 6919
171 Process Yield 20154
172 Product ID 15890
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10358
174 Production Capacity 27679
175 Production Orientation 25641
176 Production Planning 36552
177 Production Related Materials 7682
178 Production Scheduling 36008
179 Purchasing 22782
180 Quality Audit 7152
 
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