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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) 37853
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48579
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7348
84 Efficient Frontier 24817
85 Engineer-to-Order 31117
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15786
87 Erlang B Formula 9007
88 ETD 8026
89 Ex Works 7630
90 Exception Rate 13033
91 Exponential smoothing 9543
92 External Growth 9753
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9150
94 Field Services 7543
95 Field Warehouse 9610
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8325
97 Fishbone Diagram 14220
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26393
99 Flow Through Distribution 11967
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7849
101 FOB Destination 12582
102 Forward buying 29604
103 Freight Charge 10037
104 Freight Consolidation 7246
105 Gantt Chart 8062
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11321
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29001
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12372
109 Hub 22936
110 Idle Time 7797
111 Import/Export License 8403
112 In Bond Shipment 13503
113 Inbound Logistics 13116
114 Interstate System 10739
115 Inventory Costs 52448
116 Inventory in Transit 15996
117 Inventory Management 53608
118 Inventory Planning System 9518
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21789
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40932
121 JIT 2 18147
122 Job Production 26343
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8678
124 Kanban Squares 6552
125 Laid-Down Cost 9829
126 Lean Office 5740
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10698
128 Lee's Notation 8282
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13698
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36010
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8892
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7193
133 Logistics Channel 22470
134 Logistics Costs 26173
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6501
136 Manifest 10155
137 Marks and Numbers 12184
138 Material Planning 34403
139 Materials Management 25941
140 Milk Run 42208
141 Mini Land Bridge 14055
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9090
143 Modal Split 14857
144 Movement of Goods 18997
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30934
146 North West Corner Method 16587
147 Numeric Distribution 13735
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28038
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47699
150 Operational Efficiency 9604
151 Operational Objectives 13038
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17888
153 Operational Sustainability 27351
154 Operations Management 19636
155 Order Cancellation 10311
156 Order Cycle 18095
157 Order Cycle Time 23043
158 Order Fill Rate 33518
159 Order Fulfillment 6228
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9981
161 Parts Standardization 9016
162 PDCA Cycle 7784
163 Peak Load Pricing 13042
164 Perfect Order 12714
165 Physical Distribution 24428
166 Pick List 9536
167 Pipeline inventory 41782
168 Postponement 14935
169 Process Bottleneck 5970
170 Process Checklist Template 6662
171 Process Yield 19785
172 Product ID 15552
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10151
174 Production Capacity 26848
175 Production Orientation 25182
176 Production Planning 35281
177 Production Related Materials 7226
178 Production Scheduling 34802
179 Purchasing 22041
180 Quality Audit 6820
 
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