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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) 38167
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49445
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7546
84 Efficient Frontier 25318
85 Engineer-to-Order 31596
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16277
87 Erlang B Formula 9271
88 ETD 8263
89 Ex Works 7782
90 Exception Rate 13381
91 Exponential smoothing 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7693
95 Field Warehouse 10074
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8670
97 Fishbone Diagram 14521
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26867
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8090
101 FOB Destination 12941
102 Forward buying 29960
103 Freight Charge 10254
104 Freight Consolidation 7465
105 Gantt Chart 8230
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29453
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23300
110 Idle Time 7997
111 Import/Export License 8643
112 In Bond Shipment 13824
113 Inbound Logistics 13475
114 Interstate System 10928
115 Inventory Costs 53349
116 Inventory in Transit 16334
117 Inventory Management 54480
118 Inventory Planning System 9721
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22190
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42312
121 JIT 2 18364
122 Job Production 27340
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8970
124 Kanban Squares 6769
125 Laid-Down Cost 10070
126 Lean Office 5963
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10813
128 Lee's Notation 8503
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14106
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36956
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9162
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7381
133 Logistics Channel 22796
134 Logistics Costs 26538
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6633
136 Manifest 10456
137 Marks and Numbers 12512
138 Material Planning 34966
139 Materials Management 26265
140 Milk Run 42933
141 Mini Land Bridge 14331
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9444
143 Modal Split 15313
144 Movement of Goods 19357
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31428
146 North West Corner Method 16800
147 Numeric Distribution 14107
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28431
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48251
150 Operational Efficiency 9870
151 Operational Objectives 13272
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18072
153 Operational Sustainability 27790
154 Operations Management 20493
155 Order Cancellation 10724
156 Order Cycle 18363
157 Order Cycle Time 23419
158 Order Fill Rate 33906
159 Order Fulfillment 6415
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10216
161 Parts Standardization 9240
162 PDCA Cycle 7925
163 Peak Load Pricing 13296
164 Perfect Order 13101
165 Physical Distribution 24827
166 Pick List 9771
167 Pipeline inventory 42251
168 Postponement 15214
169 Process Bottleneck 6222
170 Process Checklist Template 6864
171 Process Yield 20064
172 Product ID 15822
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10324
174 Production Capacity 27519
175 Production Orientation 25524
176 Production Planning 36317
177 Production Related Materials 7601
178 Production Scheduling 35759
179 Purchasing 22604
180 Quality Audit 7083
 
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