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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) 38374
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50010
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7691
84 Efficient Frontier 25638
85 Engineer-to-Order 31895
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16685
87 Erlang B Formula 9425
88 ETD 8404
89 Ex Works 7895
90 Exception Rate 13607
91 Exponential smoothing 9900
92 External Growth 10174
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9601
94 Field Services 7796
95 Field Warehouse 10796
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8897
97 Fishbone Diagram 14702
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27229
99 Flow Through Distribution 12414
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8273
101 FOB Destination 13154
102 Forward buying 30344
103 Freight Charge 10489
104 Freight Consolidation 7595
105 Gantt Chart 8350
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11837
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29707
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12783
109 Hub 23566
110 Idle Time 8143
111 Import/Export License 8809
112 In Bond Shipment 14075
113 Inbound Logistics 13691
114 Interstate System 11093
115 Inventory Costs 53954
116 Inventory in Transit 16649
117 Inventory Management 55095
118 Inventory Planning System 9947
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22422
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43189
121 JIT 2 18531
122 Job Production 28039
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9224
124 Kanban Squares 6925
125 Laid-Down Cost 10311
126 Lean Office 6208
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10902
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14380
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37511
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9378
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7589
133 Logistics Channel 23023
134 Logistics Costs 26814
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10641
137 Marks and Numbers 12736
138 Material Planning 35287
139 Materials Management 26497
140 Milk Run 43289
141 Mini Land Bridge 14513
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9680
143 Modal Split 15548
144 Movement of Goods 19601
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31847
146 North West Corner Method 16941
147 Numeric Distribution 14344
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28684
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48684
150 Operational Efficiency 10021
151 Operational Objectives 13453
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18190
153 Operational Sustainability 28207
154 Operations Management 21010
155 Order Cancellation 10928
156 Order Cycle 18540
157 Order Cycle Time 23625
158 Order Fill Rate 34165
159 Order Fulfillment 6544
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10419
161 Parts Standardization 9398
162 PDCA Cycle 8114
163 Peak Load Pricing 13442
164 Perfect Order 13367
165 Physical Distribution 25097
166 Pick List 9927
167 Pipeline inventory 42518
168 Postponement 15382
169 Process Bottleneck 6381
170 Process Checklist Template 6997
171 Process Yield 20329
172 Product ID 16020
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10439
174 Production Capacity 27919
175 Production Orientation 25807
176 Production Planning 36937
177 Production Related Materials 7814
178 Production Scheduling 36325
179 Purchasing 23088
180 Quality Audit 7257
 
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