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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) 37921
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48775
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7386
84 Efficient Frontier 24918
85 Engineer-to-Order 31212
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15893
87 Erlang B Formula 9062
88 ETD 8066
89 Ex Works 7658
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9590
92 External Growth 9803
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26483
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7897
101 FOB Destination 12652
102 Forward buying 29681
103 Freight Charge 10076
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8095
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11378
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29135
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23011
110 Idle Time 7848
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13582
113 Inbound Logistics 13180
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52675
116 Inventory in Transit 16060
117 Inventory Management 53768
118 Inventory Planning System 9555
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21875
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41259
121 JIT 2 18191
122 Job Production 26537
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8736
124 Kanban Squares 6597
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5783
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13785
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36213
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8937
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7233
133 Logistics Channel 22532
134 Logistics Costs 26252
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6522
136 Manifest 10210
137 Marks and Numbers 12242
138 Material Planning 34522
139 Materials Management 25998
140 Milk Run 42372
141 Mini Land Bridge 14104
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9156
143 Modal Split 14940
144 Movement of Goods 19096
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31032
146 North West Corner Method 16627
147 Numeric Distribution 13817
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28113
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47807
150 Operational Efficiency 9655
151 Operational Objectives 13090
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17920
153 Operational Sustainability 27443
154 Operations Management 19808
155 Order Cancellation 10385
156 Order Cycle 18144
157 Order Cycle Time 23158
158 Order Fill Rate 33592
159 Order Fulfillment 6269
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10022
161 Parts Standardization 9056
162 PDCA Cycle 7804
163 Peak Load Pricing 13089
164 Perfect Order 12776
165 Physical Distribution 24518
166 Pick List 9583
167 Pipeline inventory 41904
168 Postponement 15005
169 Process Bottleneck 6025
170 Process Checklist Template 6700
171 Process Yield 19844
172 Product ID 15609
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27003
175 Production Orientation 25241
176 Production Planning 35537
177 Production Related Materials 7288
178 Production Scheduling 35008
179 Purchasing 22162
180 Quality Audit 6876
 
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