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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) 38009
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49031
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7444
84 Efficient Frontier 25064
85 Engineer-to-Order 31345
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16030
87 Erlang B Formula 9144
88 ETD 8122
89 Ex Works 7695
90 Exception Rate 13202
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9859
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9245
94 Field Services 7609
95 Field Warehouse 9729
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8499
97 Fishbone Diagram 14368
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26618
99 Flow Through Distribution 12096
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7967
101 FOB Destination 12741
102 Forward buying 29792
103 Freight Charge 10136
104 Freight Consolidation 7363
105 Gantt Chart 8144
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11491
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29243
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12469
109 Hub 23116
110 Idle Time 7898
111 Import/Export License 8522
112 In Bond Shipment 13672
113 Inbound Logistics 13272
114 Interstate System 10808
115 Inventory Costs 52913
116 Inventory in Transit 16163
117 Inventory Management 54003
118 Inventory Planning System 9621
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22008
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41626
121 JIT 2 18256
122 Job Production 26835
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8824
124 Kanban Squares 6668
125 Laid-Down Cost 9929
126 Lean Office 5847
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10761
128 Lee's Notation 8396
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13900
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36472
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8998
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7307
133 Logistics Channel 22618
134 Logistics Costs 26349
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6563
136 Manifest 10300
137 Marks and Numbers 12305
138 Material Planning 34686
139 Materials Management 26078
140 Milk Run 42599
141 Mini Land Bridge 14194
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9264
143 Modal Split 15069
144 Movement of Goods 19187
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31172
146 North West Corner Method 16679
147 Numeric Distribution 13907
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28211
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47963
150 Operational Efficiency 9745
151 Operational Objectives 13157
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17967
153 Operational Sustainability 27572
154 Operations Management 20047
155 Order Cancellation 10493
156 Order Cycle 18215
157 Order Cycle Time 23268
158 Order Fill Rate 33709
159 Order Fulfillment 6324
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10072
161 Parts Standardization 9125
162 PDCA Cycle 7846
163 Peak Load Pricing 13186
164 Perfect Order 12892
165 Physical Distribution 24646
166 Pick List 9655
167 Pipeline inventory 42040
168 Postponement 15078
169 Process Bottleneck 6093
170 Process Checklist Template 6742
171 Process Yield 19914
172 Product ID 15683
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10230
174 Production Capacity 27233
175 Production Orientation 25331
176 Production Planning 35816
177 Production Related Materials 7371
178 Production Scheduling 35265
179 Purchasing 22327
180 Quality Audit 6964
 
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