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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) 37885
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48657
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7364
84 Efficient Frontier 24858
85 Engineer-to-Order 31163
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15823
87 Erlang B Formula 9034
88 ETD 8043
89 Ex Works 7642
90 Exception Rate 13071
91 Exponential smoothing 9569
92 External Growth 9767
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9164
94 Field Services 7558
95 Field Warehouse 9632
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8354
97 Fishbone Diagram 14245
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26430
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7870
101 FOB Destination 12613
102 Forward buying 29635
103 Freight Charge 10053
104 Freight Consolidation 7271
105 Gantt Chart 8075
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11343
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29054
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12383
109 Hub 22964
110 Idle Time 7820
111 Import/Export License 8422
112 In Bond Shipment 13540
113 Inbound Logistics 13149
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52528
116 Inventory in Transit 16023
117 Inventory Management 53671
118 Inventory Planning System 9537
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21822
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41064
121 JIT 2 18169
122 Job Production 26408
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8706
124 Kanban Squares 6575
125 Laid-Down Cost 9848
126 Lean Office 5762
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10710
128 Lee's Notation 8303
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13733
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36093
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8916
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7213
133 Logistics Channel 22494
134 Logistics Costs 26205
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6510
136 Manifest 10177
137 Marks and Numbers 12208
138 Material Planning 34454
139 Materials Management 25966
140 Milk Run 42279
141 Mini Land Bridge 14072
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9118
143 Modal Split 14889
144 Movement of Goods 19056
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30975
146 North West Corner Method 16604
147 Numeric Distribution 13769
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28066
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47741
150 Operational Efficiency 9623
151 Operational Objectives 13059
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17899
153 Operational Sustainability 27389
154 Operations Management 19711
155 Order Cancellation 10346
156 Order Cycle 18112
157 Order Cycle Time 23094
158 Order Fill Rate 33544
159 Order Fulfillment 6244
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10001
161 Parts Standardization 9033
162 PDCA Cycle 7790
163 Peak Load Pricing 13065
164 Perfect Order 12742
165 Physical Distribution 24470
166 Pick List 9555
167 Pipeline inventory 41837
168 Postponement 14965
169 Process Bottleneck 5992
170 Process Checklist Template 6676
171 Process Yield 19809
172 Product ID 15575
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10164
174 Production Capacity 26917
175 Production Orientation 25206
176 Production Planning 35384
177 Production Related Materials 7252
178 Production Scheduling 34883
179 Purchasing 22093
180 Quality Audit 6844
 
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