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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) 37915
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48743
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7378
84 Efficient Frontier 24899
85 Engineer-to-Order 31202
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15875
87 Erlang B Formula 9051
88 ETD 8056
89 Ex Works 7653
90 Exception Rate 13097
91 Exponential smoothing 9583
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9179
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8384
97 Fishbone Diagram 14275
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26466
99 Flow Through Distribution 12006
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12639
102 Forward buying 29667
103 Freight Charge 10068
104 Freight Consolidation 7289
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11367
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29124
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12401
109 Hub 22997
110 Idle Time 7838
111 Import/Export License 8450
112 In Bond Shipment 13571
113 Inbound Logistics 13171
114 Interstate System 10758
115 Inventory Costs 52629
116 Inventory in Transit 16050
117 Inventory Management 53746
118 Inventory Planning System 9551
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21854
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41202
121 JIT 2 18183
122 Job Production 26503
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8727
124 Kanban Squares 6588
125 Laid-Down Cost 9867
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13769
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36191
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8928
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7222
133 Logistics Channel 22521
134 Logistics Costs 26234
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6519
136 Manifest 10197
137 Marks and Numbers 12230
138 Material Planning 34506
139 Materials Management 25987
140 Milk Run 42341
141 Mini Land Bridge 14096
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9142
143 Modal Split 14921
144 Movement of Goods 19080
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31012
146 North West Corner Method 16620
147 Numeric Distribution 13806
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28101
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47790
150 Operational Efficiency 9648
151 Operational Objectives 13081
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17914
153 Operational Sustainability 27424
154 Operations Management 19778
155 Order Cancellation 10372
156 Order Cycle 18133
157 Order Cycle Time 23145
158 Order Fill Rate 33571
159 Order Fulfillment 6260
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10017
161 Parts Standardization 9047
162 PDCA Cycle 7801
163 Peak Load Pricing 13084
164 Perfect Order 12767
165 Physical Distribution 24505
166 Pick List 9573
167 Pipeline inventory 41883
168 Postponement 14993
169 Process Bottleneck 6014
170 Process Checklist Template 6695
171 Process Yield 19834
172 Product ID 15595
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10178
174 Production Capacity 26983
175 Production Orientation 25233
176 Production Planning 35485
177 Production Related Materials 7278
178 Production Scheduling 34969
179 Purchasing 22143
180 Quality Audit 6864
 
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