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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) 38407
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50085
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7715
84 Efficient Frontier 25681
85 Engineer-to-Order 31935
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16740
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8422
89 Ex Works 7916
90 Exception Rate 13643
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9626
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10891
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8936
97 Fishbone Diagram 14731
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27278
99 Flow Through Distribution 12444
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8298
101 FOB Destination 13178
102 Forward buying 30373
103 Freight Charge 10503
104 Freight Consolidation 7611
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11872
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29736
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8159
111 Import/Export License 8826
112 In Bond Shipment 14095
113 Inbound Logistics 13715
114 Interstate System 11110
115 Inventory Costs 54018
116 Inventory in Transit 16687
117 Inventory Management 55174
118 Inventory Planning System 9965
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22469
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43278
121 JIT 2 18550
122 Job Production 28144
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9246
124 Kanban Squares 6949
125 Laid-Down Cost 10344
126 Lean Office 6228
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10910
128 Lee's Notation 8643
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14421
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37579
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9410
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7603
133 Logistics Channel 23047
134 Logistics Costs 26847
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6752
136 Manifest 10669
137 Marks and Numbers 12773
138 Material Planning 35325
139 Materials Management 26525
140 Milk Run 43331
141 Mini Land Bridge 14538
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9705
143 Modal Split 15572
144 Movement of Goods 19640
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31892
146 North West Corner Method 16956
147 Numeric Distribution 14365
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28721
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48758
150 Operational Efficiency 10042
151 Operational Objectives 13473
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18201
153 Operational Sustainability 28251
154 Operations Management 21055
155 Order Cancellation 10953
156 Order Cycle 18560
157 Order Cycle Time 23651
158 Order Fill Rate 34195
159 Order Fulfillment 6563
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10449
161 Parts Standardization 9414
162 PDCA Cycle 8124
163 Peak Load Pricing 13460
164 Perfect Order 13398
165 Physical Distribution 25136
166 Pick List 9952
167 Pipeline inventory 42554
168 Postponement 15410
169 Process Bottleneck 6398
170 Process Checklist Template 7011
171 Process Yield 20354
172 Product ID 16045
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10455
174 Production Capacity 27969
175 Production Orientation 25855
176 Production Planning 37015
177 Production Related Materials 7857
178 Production Scheduling 36392
179 Purchasing 23142
180 Quality Audit 7285
 
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