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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) 38453
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50179
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25735
85 Engineer-to-Order 31978
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16806
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8449
89 Ex Works 7934
90 Exception Rate 13674
91 Exponential smoothing 9940
92 External Growth 10235
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9662
94 Field Services 7831
95 Field Warehouse 11000
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8980
97 Fishbone Diagram 14765
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27338
99 Flow Through Distribution 12478
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8332
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30418
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8383
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11916
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29769
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12838
109 Hub 23638
110 Idle Time 8184
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14130
113 Inbound Logistics 13754
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54093
116 Inventory in Transit 16738
117 Inventory Management 55273
118 Inventory Planning System 9995
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22513
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43430
121 JIT 2 18572
122 Job Production 28258
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9274
124 Kanban Squares 6973
125 Laid-Down Cost 10381
126 Lean Office 6252
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8661
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14466
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37665
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9442
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23074
134 Logistics Costs 26882
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6766
136 Manifest 10702
137 Marks and Numbers 12811
138 Material Planning 35378
139 Materials Management 26563
140 Milk Run 43387
141 Mini Land Bridge 14563
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9738
143 Modal Split 15610
144 Movement of Goods 19710
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31945
146 North West Corner Method 16982
147 Numeric Distribution 14400
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28767
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48821
150 Operational Efficiency 10063
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18221
153 Operational Sustainability 28297
154 Operations Management 21111
155 Order Cancellation 10990
156 Order Cycle 18589
157 Order Cycle Time 23687
158 Order Fill Rate 34237
159 Order Fulfillment 6580
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10481
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13480
164 Perfect Order 13433
165 Physical Distribution 25178
166 Pick List 9980
167 Pipeline inventory 42607
168 Postponement 15457
169 Process Bottleneck 6425
170 Process Checklist Template 7024
171 Process Yield 20380
172 Product ID 16072
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10488
174 Production Capacity 28036
175 Production Orientation 25906
176 Production Planning 37104
177 Production Related Materials 7897
178 Production Scheduling 36460
179 Purchasing 23213
180 Quality Audit 7321
 
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