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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) 38106
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49274
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25225
85 Engineer-to-Order 31503
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16187
87 Erlang B Formula 9222
88 ETD 8207
89 Ex Works 7747
90 Exception Rate 13311
91 Exponential smoothing 9726
92 External Growth 9937
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9314
94 Field Services 7657
95 Field Warehouse 9826
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8605
97 Fishbone Diagram 14466
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26779
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8043
101 FOB Destination 12871
102 Forward buying 29889
103 Freight Charge 10210
104 Freight Consolidation 7424
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11576
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29367
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12549
109 Hub 23229
110 Idle Time 7959
111 Import/Export License 8596
112 In Bond Shipment 13757
113 Inbound Logistics 13399
114 Interstate System 10878
115 Inventory Costs 53179
116 Inventory in Transit 16277
117 Inventory Management 54304
118 Inventory Planning System 9683
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22115
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42028
121 JIT 2 18318
122 Job Production 27144
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8919
124 Kanban Squares 6736
125 Laid-Down Cost 10015
126 Lean Office 5921
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10792
128 Lee's Notation 8462
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14027
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36763
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9096
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7353
133 Logistics Channel 22730
134 Logistics Costs 26462
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6609
136 Manifest 10397
137 Marks and Numbers 12430
138 Material Planning 34874
139 Materials Management 26202
140 Milk Run 42807
141 Mini Land Bridge 14273
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9371
143 Modal Split 15223
144 Movement of Goods 19288
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31326
146 North West Corner Method 16755
147 Numeric Distribution 14013
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28344
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48136
150 Operational Efficiency 9827
151 Operational Objectives 13229
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18025
153 Operational Sustainability 27695
154 Operations Management 20313
155 Order Cancellation 10646
156 Order Cycle 18308
157 Order Cycle Time 23369
158 Order Fill Rate 33826
159 Order Fulfillment 6380
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10162
161 Parts Standardization 9196
162 PDCA Cycle 7898
163 Peak Load Pricing 13254
164 Perfect Order 13005
165 Physical Distribution 24761
166 Pick List 9723
167 Pipeline inventory 42170
168 Postponement 15150
169 Process Bottleneck 6172
170 Process Checklist Template 6823
171 Process Yield 20013
172 Product ID 15772
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10285
174 Production Capacity 27405
175 Production Orientation 25433
176 Production Planning 36136
177 Production Related Materials 7517
178 Production Scheduling 35544
179 Purchasing 22481
180 Quality Audit 7044
 
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