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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) 37954
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48856
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7404
84 Efficient Frontier 24969
85 Engineer-to-Order 31256
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15950
87 Erlang B Formula 9094
88 ETD 8085
89 Ex Works 7669
90 Exception Rate 13143
91 Exponential smoothing 9611
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9208
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9686
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8430
97 Fishbone Diagram 14303
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12044
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29716
103 Freight Charge 10099
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8113
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11417
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23050
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8478
112 In Bond Shipment 13613
113 Inbound Logistics 13214
114 Interstate System 10775
115 Inventory Costs 52756
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53841
118 Inventory Planning System 9581
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41387
121 JIT 2 18210
122 Job Production 26638
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8762
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9887
126 Lean Office 5804
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10734
128 Lee's Notation 8355
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13825
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36287
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8956
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7268
133 Logistics Channel 22565
134 Logistics Costs 26281
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6538
136 Manifest 10237
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34578
139 Materials Management 26027
140 Milk Run 42438
141 Mini Land Bridge 14130
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9188
143 Modal Split 14981
144 Movement of Goods 19126
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31069
146 North West Corner Method 16646
147 Numeric Distribution 13849
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28145
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47854
150 Operational Efficiency 9680
151 Operational Objectives 13111
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17930
153 Operational Sustainability 27491
154 Operations Management 19881
155 Order Cancellation 10416
156 Order Cycle 18168
157 Order Cycle Time 23189
158 Order Fill Rate 33633
159 Order Fulfillment 6285
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10042
161 Parts Standardization 9076
162 PDCA Cycle 7818
163 Peak Load Pricing 13127
164 Perfect Order 12820
165 Physical Distribution 24556
166 Pick List 9605
167 Pipeline inventory 41946
168 Postponement 15023
169 Process Bottleneck 6050
170 Process Checklist Template 6715
171 Process Yield 19869
172 Product ID 15630
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10189
174 Production Capacity 27099
175 Production Orientation 25266
176 Production Planning 35636
177 Production Related Materials 7317
178 Production Scheduling 35096
179 Purchasing 22218
180 Quality Audit 6910
 
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