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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) 37970
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48910
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7419
84 Efficient Frontier 24997
85 Engineer-to-Order 31281
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15979
87 Erlang B Formula 9110
88 ETD 8099
89 Ex Works 7679
90 Exception Rate 13164
91 Exponential smoothing 9621
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9220
94 Field Services 7588
95 Field Warehouse 9698
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8452
97 Fishbone Diagram 14317
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26554
99 Flow Through Distribution 12062
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7937
101 FOB Destination 12697
102 Forward buying 29741
103 Freight Charge 10110
104 Freight Consolidation 7337
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11440
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29205
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12440
109 Hub 23072
110 Idle Time 7875
111 Import/Export License 8494
112 In Bond Shipment 13631
113 Inbound Logistics 13236
114 Interstate System 10787
115 Inventory Costs 52800
116 Inventory in Transit 16115
117 Inventory Management 53899
118 Inventory Planning System 9597
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21948
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41465
121 JIT 2 18224
122 Job Production 26702
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8779
124 Kanban Squares 6634
125 Laid-Down Cost 9904
126 Lean Office 5815
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10747
128 Lee's Notation 8367
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13848
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36346
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8970
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7282
133 Logistics Channel 22580
134 Logistics Costs 26307
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6548
136 Manifest 10253
137 Marks and Numbers 12272
138 Material Planning 34603
139 Materials Management 26042
140 Milk Run 42485
141 Mini Land Bridge 14149
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9216
143 Modal Split 15003
144 Movement of Goods 19148
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31094
146 North West Corner Method 16659
147 Numeric Distribution 13868
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28162
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47884
150 Operational Efficiency 9700
151 Operational Objectives 13124
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17946
153 Operational Sustainability 27521
154 Operations Management 19934
155 Order Cancellation 10439
156 Order Cycle 18182
157 Order Cycle Time 23214
158 Order Fill Rate 33657
159 Order Fulfillment 6297
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9089
162 PDCA Cycle 7825
163 Peak Load Pricing 13144
164 Perfect Order 12842
165 Physical Distribution 24582
166 Pick List 9622
167 Pipeline inventory 41975
168 Postponement 15043
169 Process Bottleneck 6062
170 Process Checklist Template 6719
171 Process Yield 19884
172 Product ID 15644
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10198
174 Production Capacity 27142
175 Production Orientation 25283
176 Production Planning 35692
177 Production Related Materials 7330
178 Production Scheduling 35139
179 Purchasing 22250
180 Quality Audit 6926
 
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