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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) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49305
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7512
84 Efficient Frontier 25240
85 Engineer-to-Order 31519
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16199
87 Erlang B Formula 9231
88 ETD 8213
89 Ex Works 7753
90 Exception Rate 13320
91 Exponential smoothing 9730
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7661
95 Field Warehouse 9854
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8613
97 Fishbone Diagram 14479
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26790
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8050
101 FOB Destination 12883
102 Forward buying 29896
103 Freight Charge 10218
104 Freight Consolidation 7432
105 Gantt Chart 8207
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11588
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29377
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12559
109 Hub 23240
110 Idle Time 7966
111 Import/Export License 8605
112 In Bond Shipment 13767
113 Inbound Logistics 13411
114 Interstate System 10887
115 Inventory Costs 53203
116 Inventory in Transit 16284
117 Inventory Management 54337
118 Inventory Planning System 9690
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22124
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42078
121 JIT 2 18325
122 Job Production 27177
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8927
124 Kanban Squares 6742
125 Laid-Down Cost 10024
126 Lean Office 5927
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8466
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14039
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36805
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9108
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7361
133 Logistics Channel 22742
134 Logistics Costs 26475
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10407
137 Marks and Numbers 12440
138 Material Planning 34890
139 Materials Management 26211
140 Milk Run 42831
141 Mini Land Bridge 14285
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9382
143 Modal Split 15243
144 Movement of Goods 19301
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31345
146 North West Corner Method 16763
147 Numeric Distribution 14025
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28362
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48156
150 Operational Efficiency 9830
151 Operational Objectives 13236
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18035
153 Operational Sustainability 27710
154 Operations Management 20350
155 Order Cancellation 10662
156 Order Cycle 18319
157 Order Cycle Time 23380
158 Order Fill Rate 33841
159 Order Fulfillment 6383
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10171
161 Parts Standardization 9208
162 PDCA Cycle 7905
163 Peak Load Pricing 13263
164 Perfect Order 13024
165 Physical Distribution 24773
166 Pick List 9730
167 Pipeline inventory 42178
168 Postponement 15157
169 Process Bottleneck 6180
170 Process Checklist Template 6829
171 Process Yield 20021
172 Product ID 15780
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10292
174 Production Capacity 27419
175 Production Orientation 25449
176 Production Planning 36166
177 Production Related Materials 7538
178 Production Scheduling 35569
179 Purchasing 22499
180 Quality Audit 7050
 
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