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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) 37982
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48943
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7427
84 Efficient Frontier 25018
85 Engineer-to-Order 31299
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15990
87 Erlang B Formula 9127
88 ETD 8106
89 Ex Works 7684
90 Exception Rate 13178
91 Exponential smoothing 9629
92 External Growth 9842
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9227
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9709
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8469
97 Fishbone Diagram 14335
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26570
99 Flow Through Distribution 12075
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7949
101 FOB Destination 12714
102 Forward buying 29756
103 Freight Charge 10120
104 Freight Consolidation 7348
105 Gantt Chart 8128
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11467
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29221
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12447
109 Hub 23087
110 Idle Time 7881
111 Import/Export License 8503
112 In Bond Shipment 13642
113 Inbound Logistics 13245
114 Interstate System 10793
115 Inventory Costs 52833
116 Inventory in Transit 16129
117 Inventory Management 53931
118 Inventory Planning System 9603
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21968
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41518
121 JIT 2 18234
122 Job Production 26745
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8794
124 Kanban Squares 6646
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5828
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10757
128 Lee's Notation 8377
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13865
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36373
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8981
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7291
133 Logistics Channel 22594
134 Logistics Costs 26318
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6552
136 Manifest 10267
137 Marks and Numbers 12281
138 Material Planning 34628
139 Materials Management 26054
140 Milk Run 42518
141 Mini Land Bridge 14161
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9232
143 Modal Split 15029
144 Movement of Goods 19160
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31122
146 North West Corner Method 16666
147 Numeric Distribution 13881
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28178
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47909
150 Operational Efficiency 9720
151 Operational Objectives 13134
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17952
153 Operational Sustainability 27536
154 Operations Management 19972
155 Order Cancellation 10455
156 Order Cycle 18192
157 Order Cycle Time 23226
158 Order Fill Rate 33676
159 Order Fulfillment 6306
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10058
161 Parts Standardization 9097
162 PDCA Cycle 7831
163 Peak Load Pricing 13168
164 Perfect Order 12864
165 Physical Distribution 24602
166 Pick List 9630
167 Pipeline inventory 41993
168 Postponement 15053
169 Process Bottleneck 6072
170 Process Checklist Template 6727
171 Process Yield 19894
172 Product ID 15657
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10213
174 Production Capacity 27176
175 Production Orientation 25296
176 Production Planning 35730
177 Production Related Materials 7345
178 Production Scheduling 35176
179 Purchasing 22279
180 Quality Audit 6937
 
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