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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) 38401
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50068
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7712
84 Efficient Frontier 25672
85 Engineer-to-Order 31924
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16726
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8418
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13637
91 Exponential smoothing 9916
92 External Growth 10196
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9621
94 Field Services 7807
95 Field Warehouse 10873
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8925
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27269
99 Flow Through Distribution 12435
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8292
101 FOB Destination 13170
102 Forward buying 30366
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8358
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11867
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29723
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23585
110 Idle Time 8157
111 Import/Export License 8821
112 In Bond Shipment 14091
113 Inbound Logistics 13711
114 Interstate System 11107
115 Inventory Costs 54004
116 Inventory in Transit 16682
117 Inventory Management 55152
118 Inventory Planning System 9962
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22457
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43259
121 JIT 2 18544
122 Job Production 28114
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9244
124 Kanban Squares 6946
125 Laid-Down Cost 10339
126 Lean Office 6221
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10908
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14415
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37567
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9403
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7600
133 Logistics Channel 23041
134 Logistics Costs 26842
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6751
136 Manifest 10666
137 Marks and Numbers 12768
138 Material Planning 35317
139 Materials Management 26518
140 Milk Run 43325
141 Mini Land Bridge 14536
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9701
143 Modal Split 15569
144 Movement of Goods 19630
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31884
146 North West Corner Method 16952
147 Numeric Distribution 14362
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28715
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48748
150 Operational Efficiency 10039
151 Operational Objectives 13468
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18198
153 Operational Sustainability 28242
154 Operations Management 21045
155 Order Cancellation 10950
156 Order Cycle 18556
157 Order Cycle Time 23646
158 Order Fill Rate 34189
159 Order Fulfillment 6560
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10446
161 Parts Standardization 9410
162 PDCA Cycle 8123
163 Peak Load Pricing 13457
164 Perfect Order 13390
165 Physical Distribution 25125
166 Pick List 9946
167 Pipeline inventory 42544
168 Postponement 15402
169 Process Bottleneck 6397
170 Process Checklist Template 7004
171 Process Yield 20348
172 Product ID 16038
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10450
174 Production Capacity 27958
175 Production Orientation 25847
176 Production Planning 36997
177 Production Related Materials 7849
178 Production Scheduling 36376
179 Purchasing 23131
180 Quality Audit 7278
 
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