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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) 38124
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49332
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7517
84 Efficient Frontier 25263
85 Engineer-to-Order 31532
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16217
87 Erlang B Formula 9238
88 ETD 8223
89 Ex Works 7758
90 Exception Rate 13328
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9330
94 Field Services 7668
95 Field Warehouse 9880
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8625
97 Fishbone Diagram 14487
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26807
99 Flow Through Distribution 12190
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8059
101 FOB Destination 12894
102 Forward buying 29905
103 Freight Charge 10227
104 Freight Consolidation 7437
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11595
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29389
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12565
109 Hub 23253
110 Idle Time 7972
111 Import/Export License 8610
112 In Bond Shipment 13776
113 Inbound Logistics 13425
114 Interstate System 10895
115 Inventory Costs 53231
116 Inventory in Transit 16292
117 Inventory Management 54365
118 Inventory Planning System 9698
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22135
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42125
121 JIT 2 18332
122 Job Production 27209
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8934
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10033
126 Lean Office 5937
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10799
128 Lee's Notation 8472
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14049
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36835
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9116
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7365
133 Logistics Channel 22751
134 Logistics Costs 26486
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10416
137 Marks and Numbers 12453
138 Material Planning 34909
139 Materials Management 26220
140 Milk Run 42845
141 Mini Land Bridge 14296
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9392
143 Modal Split 15254
144 Movement of Goods 19307
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31357
146 North West Corner Method 16769
147 Numeric Distribution 14040
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28375
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48168
150 Operational Efficiency 9839
151 Operational Objectives 13241
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18044
153 Operational Sustainability 27724
154 Operations Management 20385
155 Order Cancellation 10671
156 Order Cycle 18329
157 Order Cycle Time 23386
158 Order Fill Rate 33860
159 Order Fulfillment 6390
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10179
161 Parts Standardization 9214
162 PDCA Cycle 7910
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13037
165 Physical Distribution 24783
166 Pick List 9738
167 Pipeline inventory 42190
168 Postponement 15169
169 Process Bottleneck 6187
170 Process Checklist Template 6836
171 Process Yield 20029
172 Product ID 15788
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10299
174 Production Capacity 27433
175 Production Orientation 25459
176 Production Planning 36192
177 Production Related Materials 7549
178 Production Scheduling 35596
179 Purchasing 22527
180 Quality Audit 7057
 
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