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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) 38133
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49352
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7523
84 Efficient Frontier 25275
85 Engineer-to-Order 31551
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16228
87 Erlang B Formula 9245
88 ETD 8229
89 Ex Works 7764
90 Exception Rate 13341
91 Exponential smoothing 9740
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9334
94 Field Services 7673
95 Field Warehouse 9910
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14498
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26818
99 Flow Through Distribution 12199
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8065
101 FOB Destination 12903
102 Forward buying 29915
103 Freight Charge 10231
104 Freight Consolidation 7442
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11603
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29401
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23260
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8616
112 In Bond Shipment 13782
113 Inbound Logistics 13433
114 Interstate System 10904
115 Inventory Costs 53259
116 Inventory in Transit 16302
117 Inventory Management 54390
118 Inventory Planning System 9702
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22148
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42165
121 JIT 2 18338
122 Job Production 27234
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8942
124 Kanban Squares 6750
125 Laid-Down Cost 10042
126 Lean Office 5940
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8481
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14062
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36855
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9123
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22758
134 Logistics Costs 26495
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6620
136 Manifest 10425
137 Marks and Numbers 12465
138 Material Planning 34925
139 Materials Management 26227
140 Milk Run 42863
141 Mini Land Bridge 14307
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9401
143 Modal Split 15262
144 Movement of Goods 19320
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31374
146 North West Corner Method 16773
147 Numeric Distribution 14057
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28389
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48185
150 Operational Efficiency 9847
151 Operational Objectives 13246
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18050
153 Operational Sustainability 27735
154 Operations Management 20405
155 Order Cancellation 10680
156 Order Cycle 18336
157 Order Cycle Time 23399
158 Order Fill Rate 33867
159 Order Fulfillment 6395
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10186
161 Parts Standardization 9218
162 PDCA Cycle 7911
163 Peak Load Pricing 13276
164 Perfect Order 13049
165 Physical Distribution 24791
166 Pick List 9744
167 Pipeline inventory 42204
168 Postponement 15178
169 Process Bottleneck 6193
170 Process Checklist Template 6838
171 Process Yield 20033
172 Product ID 15793
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10303
174 Production Capacity 27452
175 Production Orientation 25470
176 Production Planning 36219
177 Production Related Materials 7560
178 Production Scheduling 35626
179 Purchasing 22542
180 Quality Audit 7061
 
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