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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) 37965
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48895
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7415
84 Efficient Frontier 24990
85 Engineer-to-Order 31274
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15971
87 Erlang B Formula 9104
88 ETD 8095
89 Ex Works 7677
90 Exception Rate 13158
91 Exponential smoothing 9617
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9215
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8440
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26544
99 Flow Through Distribution 12056
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12693
102 Forward buying 29736
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7332
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11432
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29195
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12434
109 Hub 23065
110 Idle Time 7872
111 Import/Export License 8490
112 In Bond Shipment 13626
113 Inbound Logistics 13229
114 Interstate System 10783
115 Inventory Costs 52791
116 Inventory in Transit 16110
117 Inventory Management 53882
118 Inventory Planning System 9592
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21942
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41440
121 JIT 2 18219
122 Job Production 26675
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8773
124 Kanban Squares 6630
125 Laid-Down Cost 9898
126 Lean Office 5812
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10743
128 Lee's Notation 8366
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13839
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36332
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8966
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7280
133 Logistics Channel 22574
134 Logistics Costs 26298
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6543
136 Manifest 10247
137 Marks and Numbers 12268
138 Material Planning 34592
139 Materials Management 26040
140 Milk Run 42470
141 Mini Land Bridge 14145
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9206
143 Modal Split 14995
144 Movement of Goods 19142
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31086
146 North West Corner Method 16655
147 Numeric Distribution 13861
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28157
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47874
150 Operational Efficiency 9693
151 Operational Objectives 13118
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17940
153 Operational Sustainability 27513
154 Operations Management 19913
155 Order Cancellation 10428
156 Order Cycle 18178
157 Order Cycle Time 23203
158 Order Fill Rate 33652
159 Order Fulfillment 6294
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10048
161 Parts Standardization 9085
162 PDCA Cycle 7823
163 Peak Load Pricing 13141
164 Perfect Order 12838
165 Physical Distribution 24573
166 Pick List 9618
167 Pipeline inventory 41963
168 Postponement 15038
169 Process Bottleneck 6058
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19879
172 Product ID 15641
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10195
174 Production Capacity 27131
175 Production Orientation 25283
176 Production Planning 35672
177 Production Related Materials 7326
178 Production Scheduling 35122
179 Purchasing 22238
180 Quality Audit 6923
 
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