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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) 38021
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49063
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25087
85 Engineer-to-Order 31369
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16052
87 Erlang B Formula 9152
88 ETD 8131
89 Ex Works 7708
90 Exception Rate 13212
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9254
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9735
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8516
97 Fishbone Diagram 14385
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26638
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7978
101 FOB Destination 12764
102 Forward buying 29805
103 Freight Charge 10144
104 Freight Consolidation 7372
105 Gantt Chart 8150
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11500
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29257
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12478
109 Hub 23132
110 Idle Time 7907
111 Import/Export License 8532
112 In Bond Shipment 13688
113 Inbound Logistics 13288
114 Interstate System 10817
115 Inventory Costs 52951
116 Inventory in Transit 16174
117 Inventory Management 54041
118 Inventory Planning System 9627
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22019
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41680
121 JIT 2 18266
122 Job Production 26875
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8839
124 Kanban Squares 6678
125 Laid-Down Cost 9938
126 Lean Office 5859
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8402
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13913
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36508
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9007
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22631
134 Logistics Costs 26364
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6572
136 Manifest 10313
137 Marks and Numbers 12319
138 Material Planning 34714
139 Materials Management 26098
140 Milk Run 42639
141 Mini Land Bridge 14205
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9279
143 Modal Split 15084
144 Movement of Goods 19197
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31188
146 North West Corner Method 16689
147 Numeric Distribution 13929
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28232
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47988
150 Operational Efficiency 9751
151 Operational Objectives 13162
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17973
153 Operational Sustainability 27593
154 Operations Management 20088
155 Order Cancellation 10516
156 Order Cycle 18231
157 Order Cycle Time 23283
158 Order Fill Rate 33725
159 Order Fulfillment 6333
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10085
161 Parts Standardization 9135
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12909
165 Physical Distribution 24657
166 Pick List 9665
167 Pipeline inventory 42059
168 Postponement 15088
169 Process Bottleneck 6104
170 Process Checklist Template 6747
171 Process Yield 19933
172 Product ID 15700
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10235
174 Production Capacity 27255
175 Production Orientation 25344
176 Production Planning 35868
177 Production Related Materials 7384
178 Production Scheduling 35302
179 Purchasing 22349
180 Quality Audit 6975
 
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