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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) 37935
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48801
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7393
84 Efficient Frontier 24932
85 Engineer-to-Order 31227
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15913
87 Erlang B Formula 9076
88 ETD 8069
89 Ex Works 7662
90 Exception Rate 13121
91 Exponential smoothing 9595
92 External Growth 9810
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9670
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8404
97 Fishbone Diagram 14289
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26492
99 Flow Through Distribution 12023
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7905
101 FOB Destination 12661
102 Forward buying 29690
103 Freight Charge 10083
104 Freight Consolidation 7305
105 Gantt Chart 8101
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11394
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29146
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12408
109 Hub 23023
110 Idle Time 7852
111 Import/Export License 8465
112 In Bond Shipment 13590
113 Inbound Logistics 13194
114 Interstate System 10766
115 Inventory Costs 52696
116 Inventory in Transit 16071
117 Inventory Management 53792
118 Inventory Planning System 9565
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21888
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41299
121 JIT 2 18195
122 Job Production 26568
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8744
124 Kanban Squares 6603
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5787
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10727
128 Lee's Notation 8342
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13795
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36235
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8939
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7243
133 Logistics Channel 22540
134 Logistics Costs 26261
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10219
137 Marks and Numbers 12247
138 Material Planning 34533
139 Materials Management 26007
140 Milk Run 42392
141 Mini Land Bridge 14112
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9163
143 Modal Split 14954
144 Movement of Goods 19101
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31040
146 North West Corner Method 16631
147 Numeric Distribution 13823
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28119
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47821
150 Operational Efficiency 9664
151 Operational Objectives 13094
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17922
153 Operational Sustainability 27453
154 Operations Management 19833
155 Order Cancellation 10392
156 Order Cycle 18153
157 Order Cycle Time 23167
158 Order Fill Rate 33604
159 Order Fulfillment 6273
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10028
161 Parts Standardization 9060
162 PDCA Cycle 7808
163 Peak Load Pricing 13106
164 Perfect Order 12797
165 Physical Distribution 24535
166 Pick List 9592
167 Pipeline inventory 41917
168 Postponement 15010
169 Process Bottleneck 6029
170 Process Checklist Template 6704
171 Process Yield 19849
172 Product ID 15614
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27036
175 Production Orientation 25250
176 Production Planning 35562
177 Production Related Materials 7298
178 Production Scheduling 35035
179 Purchasing 22176
180 Quality Audit 6886
 
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