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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) 37917
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48758
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7383
84 Efficient Frontier 24912
85 Engineer-to-Order 31207
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15884
87 Erlang B Formula 9058
88 ETD 8060
89 Ex Works 7655
90 Exception Rate 13104
91 Exponential smoothing 9586
92 External Growth 9796
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9183
94 Field Services 7570
95 Field Warehouse 9656
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14278
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26473
99 Flow Through Distribution 12012
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
101 FOB Destination 12647
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11372
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12405
109 Hub 23003
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8454
112 In Bond Shipment 13577
113 Inbound Logistics 13175
114 Interstate System 10761
115 Inventory Costs 52654
116 Inventory in Transit 16054
117 Inventory Management 53757
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21867
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41236
121 JIT 2 18187
122 Job Production 26520
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8732
124 Kanban Squares 6593
125 Laid-Down Cost 9870
126 Lean Office 5781
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13776
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36204
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8933
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7227
133 Logistics Channel 22527
134 Logistics Costs 26242
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10204
137 Marks and Numbers 12235
138 Material Planning 34512
139 Materials Management 25992
140 Milk Run 42356
141 Mini Land Bridge 14101
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9149
143 Modal Split 14932
144 Movement of Goods 19089
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31022
146 North West Corner Method 16623
147 Numeric Distribution 13812
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28106
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47796
150 Operational Efficiency 9652
151 Operational Objectives 13088
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17917
153 Operational Sustainability 27440
154 Operations Management 19793
155 Order Cancellation 10382
156 Order Cycle 18138
157 Order Cycle Time 23150
158 Order Fill Rate 33581
159 Order Fulfillment 6264
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10018
161 Parts Standardization 9054
162 PDCA Cycle 7802
163 Peak Load Pricing 13087
164 Perfect Order 12772
165 Physical Distribution 24509
166 Pick List 9578
167 Pipeline inventory 41896
168 Postponement 14997
169 Process Bottleneck 6021
170 Process Checklist Template 6697
171 Process Yield 19839
172 Product ID 15602
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10182
174 Production Capacity 26995
175 Production Orientation 25238
176 Production Planning 35514
177 Production Related Materials 7284
178 Production Scheduling 34995
179 Purchasing 22152
180 Quality Audit 6872
 
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