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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) 38045
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49136
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7460
84 Efficient Frontier 25124
85 Engineer-to-Order 31404
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16087
87 Erlang B Formula 9165
88 ETD 8153
89 Ex Works 7717
90 Exception Rate 13239
91 Exponential smoothing 9674
92 External Growth 9881
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9267
94 Field Services 7628
95 Field Warehouse 9749
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8538
97 Fishbone Diagram 14408
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26676
99 Flow Through Distribution 12121
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7998
101 FOB Destination 12798
102 Forward buying 29828
103 Freight Charge 10162
104 Freight Consolidation 7385
105 Gantt Chart 8165
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11517
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29288
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12494
109 Hub 23160
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8554
112 In Bond Shipment 13707
113 Inbound Logistics 13319
114 Interstate System 10829
115 Inventory Costs 53024
116 Inventory in Transit 16204
117 Inventory Management 54109
118 Inventory Planning System 9644
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22048
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41765
121 JIT 2 18278
122 Job Production 26938
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8859
124 Kanban Squares 6691
125 Laid-Down Cost 9955
126 Lean Office 5874
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10771
128 Lee's Notation 8418
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13942
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36562
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9025
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7324
133 Logistics Channel 22659
134 Logistics Costs 26399
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6581
136 Manifest 10340
137 Marks and Numbers 12341
138 Material Planning 34755
139 Materials Management 26122
140 Milk Run 42689
141 Mini Land Bridge 14222
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9302
143 Modal Split 15122
144 Movement of Goods 19218
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31227
146 North West Corner Method 16709
147 Numeric Distribution 13950
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28263
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48029
150 Operational Efficiency 9774
151 Operational Objectives 13177
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17985
153 Operational Sustainability 27616
154 Operations Management 20150
155 Order Cancellation 10559
156 Order Cycle 18247
157 Order Cycle Time 23310
158 Order Fill Rate 33756
159 Order Fulfillment 6345
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10105
161 Parts Standardization 9149
162 PDCA Cycle 7860
163 Peak Load Pricing 13204
164 Perfect Order 12931
165 Physical Distribution 24681
166 Pick List 9680
167 Pipeline inventory 42086
168 Postponement 15103
169 Process Bottleneck 6117
170 Process Checklist Template 6768
171 Process Yield 19950
172 Product ID 15722
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10248
174 Production Capacity 27309
175 Production Orientation 25367
176 Production Planning 35940
177 Production Related Materials 7419
178 Production Scheduling 35368
179 Purchasing 22381
180 Quality Audit 6996
 
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