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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) 38037
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49114
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7457
84 Efficient Frontier 25107
85 Engineer-to-Order 31395
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16073
87 Erlang B Formula 9160
88 ETD 8147
89 Ex Works 7715
90 Exception Rate 13228
91 Exponential smoothing 9667
92 External Growth 9872
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9262
94 Field Services 7624
95 Field Warehouse 9745
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8531
97 Fishbone Diagram 14398
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26659
99 Flow Through Distribution 12114
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7988
101 FOB Destination 12783
102 Forward buying 29820
103 Freight Charge 10151
104 Freight Consolidation 7381
105 Gantt Chart 8162
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11513
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29281
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12490
109 Hub 23149
110 Idle Time 7914
111 Import/Export License 8546
112 In Bond Shipment 13703
113 Inbound Logistics 13306
114 Interstate System 10825
115 Inventory Costs 53008
116 Inventory in Transit 16193
117 Inventory Management 54082
118 Inventory Planning System 9639
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22036
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41734
121 JIT 2 18272
122 Job Production 26911
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8851
124 Kanban Squares 6687
125 Laid-Down Cost 9951
126 Lean Office 5871
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10768
128 Lee's Notation 8413
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13931
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36536
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9018
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7320
133 Logistics Channel 22648
134 Logistics Costs 26386
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6579
136 Manifest 10328
137 Marks and Numbers 12334
138 Material Planning 34738
139 Materials Management 26109
140 Milk Run 42666
141 Mini Land Bridge 14215
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9293
143 Modal Split 15109
144 Movement of Goods 19210
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31210
146 North West Corner Method 16702
147 Numeric Distribution 13943
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28250
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48009
150 Operational Efficiency 9765
151 Operational Objectives 13170
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17984
153 Operational Sustainability 27603
154 Operations Management 20129
155 Order Cancellation 10542
156 Order Cycle 18241
157 Order Cycle Time 23302
158 Order Fill Rate 33744
159 Order Fulfillment 6338
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10094
161 Parts Standardization 9141
162 PDCA Cycle 7858
163 Peak Load Pricing 13199
164 Perfect Order 12923
165 Physical Distribution 24676
166 Pick List 9677
167 Pipeline inventory 42078
168 Postponement 15098
169 Process Bottleneck 6113
170 Process Checklist Template 6757
171 Process Yield 19945
172 Product ID 15716
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10242
174 Production Capacity 27286
175 Production Orientation 25359
176 Production Planning 35916
177 Production Related Materials 7403
178 Production Scheduling 35341
179 Purchasing 22370
180 Quality Audit 6987
 
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