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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) 49140
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25128
85 Engineer-to-Order 31408
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16089
87 Erlang B Formula 9168
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7718
90 Exception Rate 13241
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9268
94 Field Services 7631
95 Field Warehouse 9751
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8541
97 Fishbone Diagram 14411
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26680
99 Flow Through Distribution 12124
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8001
101 FOB Destination 12800
102 Forward buying 29832
103 Freight Charge 10163
104 Freight Consolidation 7386
105 Gantt Chart 8166
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11520
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29292
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12498
109 Hub 23162
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8555
112 In Bond Shipment 13710
113 Inbound Logistics 13324
114 Interstate System 10830
115 Inventory Costs 53032
116 Inventory in Transit 16207
117 Inventory Management 54116
118 Inventory Planning System 9646
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22053
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41780
121 JIT 2 18279
122 Job Production 26944
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8863
124 Kanban Squares 6692
125 Laid-Down Cost 9958
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) 36571
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9028
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7325
133 Logistics Channel 22660
134 Logistics Costs 26403
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6582
136 Manifest 10342
137 Marks and Numbers 12344
138 Material Planning 34759
139 Materials Management 26124
140 Milk Run 42695
141 Mini Land Bridge 14223
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9303
143 Modal Split 15124
144 Movement of Goods 19220
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31233
146 North West Corner Method 16711
147 Numeric Distribution 13952
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28266
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48030
150 Operational Efficiency 9774
151 Operational Objectives 13179
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17987
153 Operational Sustainability 27621
154 Operations Management 20155
155 Order Cancellation 10560
156 Order Cycle 18247
157 Order Cycle Time 23313
158 Order Fill Rate 33756
159 Order Fulfillment 6345
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10107
161 Parts Standardization 9150
162 PDCA Cycle 7860
163 Peak Load Pricing 13206
164 Perfect Order 12933
165 Physical Distribution 24684
166 Pick List 9682
167 Pipeline inventory 42087
168 Postponement 15105
169 Process Bottleneck 6118
170 Process Checklist Template 6769
171 Process Yield 19954
172 Product ID 15724
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10250
174 Production Capacity 27313
175 Production Orientation 25371
176 Production Planning 35946
177 Production Related Materials 7422
178 Production Scheduling 35373
179 Purchasing 22382
180 Quality Audit 6998
 
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