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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) 37919
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48760
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7384
84 Efficient Frontier 24914
85 Engineer-to-Order 31208
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15886
87 Erlang B Formula 9059
88 ETD 8062
89 Ex Works 7656
90 Exception Rate 13106
91 Exponential smoothing 9587
92 External Growth 9798
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9184
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8392
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26478
99 Flow Through Distribution 12013
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
101 FOB Destination 12650
102 Forward buying 29676
103 Freight Charge 10072
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11373
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29131
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12405
109 Hub 23004
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8456
112 In Bond Shipment 13579
113 Inbound Logistics 13176
114 Interstate System 10763
115 Inventory Costs 52659
116 Inventory in Transit 16057
117 Inventory Management 53762
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21867
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41242
121 JIT 2 18187
122 Job Production 26526
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8734
124 Kanban Squares 6594
125 Laid-Down Cost 9870
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8332
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13779
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36206
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8934
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7230
133 Logistics Channel 22528
134 Logistics Costs 26245
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10204
137 Marks and Numbers 12237
138 Material Planning 34515
139 Materials Management 25994
140 Milk Run 42359
141 Mini Land Bridge 14101
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9150
143 Modal Split 14933
144 Movement of Goods 19090
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31025
146 North West Corner Method 16624
147 Numeric Distribution 13814
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28108
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47799
150 Operational Efficiency 9654
151 Operational Objectives 13088
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17918
153 Operational Sustainability 27442
154 Operations Management 19800
155 Order Cancellation 10382
156 Order Cycle 18139
157 Order Cycle Time 23154
158 Order Fill Rate 33584
159 Order Fulfillment 6265
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10019
161 Parts Standardization 9055
162 PDCA Cycle 7803
163 Peak Load Pricing 13088
164 Perfect Order 12774
165 Physical Distribution 24512
166 Pick List 9581
167 Pipeline inventory 41896
168 Postponement 15002
169 Process Bottleneck 6023
170 Process Checklist Template 6697
171 Process Yield 19842
172 Product ID 15604
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10182
174 Production Capacity 26998
175 Production Orientation 25238
176 Production Planning 35518
177 Production Related Materials 7285
178 Production Scheduling 34998
179 Purchasing 22152
180 Quality Audit 6873
 
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