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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) 37955
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48859
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7405
84 Efficient Frontier 24972
85 Engineer-to-Order 31258
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15953
87 Erlang B Formula 9095
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7671
90 Exception Rate 13144
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9823
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9209
94 Field Services 7582
95 Field Warehouse 9687
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8432
97 Fishbone Diagram 14305
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26521
99 Flow Through Distribution 12047
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7924
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29717
103 Freight Charge 10100
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8114
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11419
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23051
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8479
112 In Bond Shipment 13614
113 Inbound Logistics 13215
114 Interstate System 10777
115 Inventory Costs 52760
116 Inventory in Transit 16100
117 Inventory Management 53845
118 Inventory Planning System 9582
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41392
121 JIT 2 18211
122 Job Production 26643
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8763
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9890
126 Lean Office 5804
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10735
128 Lee's Notation 8355
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13827
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36291
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8956
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7269
133 Logistics Channel 22566
134 Logistics Costs 26283
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6540
136 Manifest 10239
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34581
139 Materials Management 26029
140 Milk Run 42443
141 Mini Land Bridge 14132
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9188
143 Modal Split 14984
144 Movement of Goods 19128
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31071
146 North West Corner Method 16646
147 Numeric Distribution 13849
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28145
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47859
150 Operational Efficiency 9680
151 Operational Objectives 13112
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17933
153 Operational Sustainability 27495
154 Operations Management 19886
155 Order Cancellation 10417
156 Order Cycle 18169
157 Order Cycle Time 23191
158 Order Fill Rate 33635
159 Order Fulfillment 6285
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10042
161 Parts Standardization 9076
162 PDCA Cycle 7819
163 Peak Load Pricing 13128
164 Perfect Order 12823
165 Physical Distribution 24559
166 Pick List 9608
167 Pipeline inventory 41947
168 Postponement 15025
169 Process Bottleneck 6051
170 Process Checklist Template 6715
171 Process Yield 19869
172 Product ID 15631
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10190
174 Production Capacity 27104
175 Production Orientation 25269
176 Production Planning 35640
177 Production Related Materials 7318
178 Production Scheduling 35097
179 Purchasing 22222
180 Quality Audit 6910
 
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