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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) 38349
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49952
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7674
84 Efficient Frontier 25604
85 Engineer-to-Order 31869
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16658
87 Erlang B Formula 9411
88 ETD 8388
89 Ex Works 7881
90 Exception Rate 13581
91 Exponential smoothing 9881
92 External Growth 10157
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9581
94 Field Services 7788
95 Field Warehouse 10717
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8869
97 Fishbone Diagram 14684
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27192
99 Flow Through Distribution 12389
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8248
101 FOB Destination 13131
102 Forward buying 30313
103 Freight Charge 10475
104 Freight Consolidation 7589
105 Gantt Chart 8340
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11812
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29679
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12763
109 Hub 23542
110 Idle Time 8130
111 Import/Export License 8795
112 In Bond Shipment 14055
113 Inbound Logistics 13669
114 Interstate System 11079
115 Inventory Costs 53891
116 Inventory in Transit 16620
117 Inventory Management 55036
118 Inventory Planning System 9931
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22394
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43128
121 JIT 2 18512
122 Job Production 27968
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9207
124 Kanban Squares 6904
125 Laid-Down Cost 10289
126 Lean Office 6190
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10894
128 Lee's Notation 8626
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14353
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37462
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9358
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7578
133 Logistics Channel 23001
134 Logistics Costs 26787
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6728
136 Manifest 10618
137 Marks and Numbers 12707
138 Material Planning 35252
139 Materials Management 26471
140 Milk Run 43250
141 Mini Land Bridge 14494
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9652
143 Modal Split 15524
144 Movement of Goods 19581
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31820
146 North West Corner Method 16925
147 Numeric Distribution 14315
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28657
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48637
150 Operational Efficiency 10005
151 Operational Objectives 13432
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18179
153 Operational Sustainability 28179
154 Operations Management 20971
155 Order Cancellation 10913
156 Order Cycle 18525
157 Order Cycle Time 23602
158 Order Fill Rate 34139
159 Order Fulfillment 6529
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10403
161 Parts Standardization 9383
162 PDCA Cycle 8103
163 Peak Load Pricing 13429
164 Perfect Order 13339
165 Physical Distribution 25068
166 Pick List 9911
167 Pipeline inventory 42492
168 Postponement 15364
169 Process Bottleneck 6364
170 Process Checklist Template 6985
171 Process Yield 20309
172 Product ID 15999
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10427
174 Production Capacity 27882
175 Production Orientation 25778
176 Production Planning 36878
177 Production Related Materials 7780
178 Production Scheduling 36275
179 Purchasing 23050
180 Quality Audit 7245
 
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