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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) 38016
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49051
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7447
84 Efficient Frontier 25076
85 Engineer-to-Order 31356
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16042
87 Erlang B Formula 9148
88 ETD 8127
89 Ex Works 7705
90 Exception Rate 13210
91 Exponential smoothing 9655
92 External Growth 9863
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7614
95 Field Warehouse 9733
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8508
97 Fishbone Diagram 14375
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26629
99 Flow Through Distribution 12099
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7975
101 FOB Destination 12755
102 Forward buying 29799
103 Freight Charge 10141
104 Freight Consolidation 7368
105 Gantt Chart 8147
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11494
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29252
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12474
109 Hub 23125
110 Idle Time 7903
111 Import/Export License 8528
112 In Bond Shipment 13681
113 Inbound Logistics 13281
114 Interstate System 10813
115 Inventory Costs 52933
116 Inventory in Transit 16171
117 Inventory Management 54019
118 Inventory Planning System 9623
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22016
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41653
121 JIT 2 18262
122 Job Production 26856
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8832
124 Kanban Squares 6673
125 Laid-Down Cost 9933
126 Lean Office 5854
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10765
128 Lee's Notation 8400
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13908
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36493
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9001
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7312
133 Logistics Channel 22623
134 Logistics Costs 26357
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6566
136 Manifest 10304
137 Marks and Numbers 12311
138 Material Planning 34704
139 Materials Management 26087
140 Milk Run 42622
141 Mini Land Bridge 14200
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9275
143 Modal Split 15075
144 Movement of Goods 19195
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31183
146 North West Corner Method 16683
147 Numeric Distribution 13915
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28223
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47976
150 Operational Efficiency 9747
151 Operational Objectives 13160
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17971
153 Operational Sustainability 27581
154 Operations Management 20072
155 Order Cancellation 10505
156 Order Cycle 18222
157 Order Cycle Time 23274
158 Order Fill Rate 33720
159 Order Fulfillment 6330
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10081
161 Parts Standardization 9131
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13189
164 Perfect Order 12901
165 Physical Distribution 24654
166 Pick List 9660
167 Pipeline inventory 42047
168 Postponement 15083
169 Process Bottleneck 6098
170 Process Checklist Template 6745
171 Process Yield 19923
172 Product ID 15695
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10232
174 Production Capacity 27244
175 Production Orientation 25338
176 Production Planning 35845
177 Production Related Materials 7378
178 Production Scheduling 35284
179 Purchasing 22340
180 Quality Audit 6971
 
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