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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) 38056
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49149
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7467
84 Efficient Frontier 25143
85 Engineer-to-Order 31419
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16099
87 Erlang B Formula 9173
88 ETD 8161
89 Ex Works 7724
90 Exception Rate 13247
91 Exponential smoothing 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9757
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8548
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26690
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8006
101 FOB Destination 12808
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7392
105 Gantt Chart 8170
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11525
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23169
110 Idle Time 7926
111 Import/Export License 8558
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13332
114 Interstate System 10836
115 Inventory Costs 53046
116 Inventory in Transit 16214
117 Inventory Management 54138
118 Inventory Planning System 9649
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22061
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41811
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26965
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6700
125 Laid-Down Cost 9961
126 Lean Office 5878
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10773
128 Lee's Notation 8426
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13955
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36587
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9037
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7328
133 Logistics Channel 22668
134 Logistics Costs 26409
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6585
136 Manifest 10348
137 Marks and Numbers 12353
138 Material Planning 34771
139 Materials Management 26132
140 Milk Run 42708
141 Mini Land Bridge 14229
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9312
143 Modal Split 15137
144 Movement of Goods 19227
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31246
146 North West Corner Method 16718
147 Numeric Distribution 13960
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28276
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48043
150 Operational Efficiency 9777
151 Operational Objectives 13183
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17993
153 Operational Sustainability 27629
154 Operations Management 20175
155 Order Cancellation 10569
156 Order Cycle 18254
157 Order Cycle Time 23318
158 Order Fill Rate 33759
159 Order Fulfillment 6350
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10110
161 Parts Standardization 9154
162 PDCA Cycle 7864
163 Peak Load Pricing 13217
164 Perfect Order 12940
165 Physical Distribution 24695
166 Pick List 9688
167 Pipeline inventory 42098
168 Postponement 15111
169 Process Bottleneck 6123
170 Process Checklist Template 6774
171 Process Yield 19963
172 Product ID 15730
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10252
174 Production Capacity 27321
175 Production Orientation 25379
176 Production Planning 35974
177 Production Related Materials 7431
178 Production Scheduling 35394
179 Purchasing 22395
180 Quality Audit 7003
 
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