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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) 37932
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48796
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7392
84 Efficient Frontier 24928
85 Engineer-to-Order 31224
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15909
87 Erlang B Formula 9072
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13117
91 Exponential smoothing 9594
92 External Growth 9809
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9669
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8401
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26489
99 Flow Through Distribution 12023
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
101 FOB Destination 12658
102 Forward buying 29687
103 Freight Charge 10081
104 Freight Consolidation 7303
105 Gantt Chart 8101
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11388
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29143
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12408
109 Hub 23019
110 Idle Time 7851
111 Import/Export License 8462
112 In Bond Shipment 13589
113 Inbound Logistics 13191
114 Interstate System 10766
115 Inventory Costs 52691
116 Inventory in Transit 16067
117 Inventory Management 53788
118 Inventory Planning System 9561
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21883
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41289
121 JIT 2 18194
122 Job Production 26564
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8741
124 Kanban Squares 6601
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5787
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10724
128 Lee's Notation 8338
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13791
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36230
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8939
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7241
133 Logistics Channel 22538
134 Logistics Costs 26258
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10217
137 Marks and Numbers 12246
138 Material Planning 34530
139 Materials Management 26005
140 Milk Run 42387
141 Mini Land Bridge 14110
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9163
143 Modal Split 14951
144 Movement of Goods 19100
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31036
146 North West Corner Method 16630
147 Numeric Distribution 13820
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28118
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47820
150 Operational Efficiency 9663
151 Operational Objectives 13093
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17922
153 Operational Sustainability 27452
154 Operations Management 19825
155 Order Cancellation 10390
156 Order Cycle 18153
157 Order Cycle Time 23166
158 Order Fill Rate 33602
159 Order Fulfillment 6272
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10028
161 Parts Standardization 9059
162 PDCA Cycle 7808
163 Peak Load Pricing 13100
164 Perfect Order 12789
165 Physical Distribution 24532
166 Pick List 9589
167 Pipeline inventory 41914
168 Postponement 15009
169 Process Bottleneck 6029
170 Process Checklist Template 6703
171 Process Yield 19849
172 Product ID 15614
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27031
175 Production Orientation 25247
176 Production Planning 35557
177 Production Related Materials 7295
178 Production Scheduling 35028
179 Purchasing 22173
180 Quality Audit 6884
 
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