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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) 38046
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49139
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25126
85 Engineer-to-Order 31405
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16087
87 Erlang B Formula 9166
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7717
90 Exception Rate 13240
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7629
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14408
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26678
99 Flow Through Distribution 12122
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7999
101 FOB Destination 12800
102 Forward buying 29830
103 Freight Charge 10163
104 Freight Consolidation 7386
105 Gantt Chart 8165
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11519
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29289
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12495
109 Hub 23161
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8555
112 In Bond Shipment 13710
113 Inbound Logistics 13321
114 Interstate System 10830
115 Inventory Costs 53028
116 Inventory in Transit 16205
117 Inventory Management 54113
118 Inventory Planning System 9646
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22051
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41776
121 JIT 2 18278
122 Job Production 26942
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8860
124 Kanban Squares 6691
125 Laid-Down Cost 9956
126 Lean Office 5874
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10771
128 Lee's Notation 8419
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13944
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36568
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9028
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7325
133 Logistics Channel 22660
134 Logistics Costs 26401
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6581
136 Manifest 10340
137 Marks and Numbers 12343
138 Material Planning 34759
139 Materials Management 26123
140 Milk Run 42692
141 Mini Land Bridge 14223
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9302
143 Modal Split 15122
144 Movement of Goods 19220
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31233
146 North West Corner Method 16710
147 Numeric Distribution 13950
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28266
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48030
150 Operational Efficiency 9774
151 Operational Objectives 13177
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17987
153 Operational Sustainability 27618
154 Operations Management 20153
155 Order Cancellation 10560
156 Order Cycle 18247
157 Order Cycle Time 23311
158 Order Fill Rate 33756
159 Order Fulfillment 6345
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10106
161 Parts Standardization 9150
162 PDCA Cycle 7860
163 Peak Load Pricing 13205
164 Perfect Order 12932
165 Physical Distribution 24682
166 Pick List 9681
167 Pipeline inventory 42087
168 Postponement 15104
169 Process Bottleneck 6118
170 Process Checklist Template 6768
171 Process Yield 19953
172 Product ID 15723
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10250
174 Production Capacity 27312
175 Production Orientation 25370
176 Production Planning 35944
177 Production Related Materials 7420
178 Production Scheduling 35371
179 Purchasing 22381
180 Quality Audit 6998
 
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