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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) 38018
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49062
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7449
84 Efficient Frontier 25085
85 Engineer-to-Order 31366
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16051
87 Erlang B Formula 9151
88 ETD 8129
89 Ex Works 7707
90 Exception Rate 13212
91 Exponential smoothing 9658
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9253
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9735
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8516
97 Fishbone Diagram 14384
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26636
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7978
101 FOB Destination 12763
102 Forward buying 29804
103 Freight Charge 10143
104 Freight Consolidation 7371
105 Gantt Chart 8150
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11499
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29254
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12477
109 Hub 23131
110 Idle Time 7905
111 Import/Export License 8532
112 In Bond Shipment 13687
113 Inbound Logistics 13286
114 Interstate System 10816
115 Inventory Costs 52946
116 Inventory in Transit 16174
117 Inventory Management 54038
118 Inventory Planning System 9626
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22019
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41673
121 JIT 2 18265
122 Job Production 26871
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8839
124 Kanban Squares 6678
125 Laid-Down Cost 9936
126 Lean Office 5857
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10765
128 Lee's Notation 8402
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13913
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36508
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9006
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22630
134 Logistics Costs 26363
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6571
136 Manifest 10312
137 Marks and Numbers 12319
138 Material Planning 34713
139 Materials Management 26096
140 Milk Run 42636
141 Mini Land Bridge 14203
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9278
143 Modal Split 15082
144 Movement of Goods 19196
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31187
146 North West Corner Method 16687
147 Numeric Distribution 13927
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28229
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47986
150 Operational Efficiency 9749
151 Operational Objectives 13162
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17973
153 Operational Sustainability 27589
154 Operations Management 20085
155 Order Cancellation 10513
156 Order Cycle 18227
157 Order Cycle Time 23282
158 Order Fill Rate 33723
159 Order Fulfillment 6332
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10084
161 Parts Standardization 9134
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12908
165 Physical Distribution 24656
166 Pick List 9665
167 Pipeline inventory 42056
168 Postponement 15087
169 Process Bottleneck 6103
170 Process Checklist Template 6747
171 Process Yield 19931
172 Product ID 15699
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10235
174 Production Capacity 27254
175 Production Orientation 25344
176 Production Planning 35863
177 Production Related Materials 7382
178 Production Scheduling 35297
179 Purchasing 22348
180 Quality Audit 6974
 
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