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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) 38384
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50039
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7697
84 Efficient Frontier 25649
85 Engineer-to-Order 31909
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16702
87 Erlang B Formula 9433
88 ETD 8409
89 Ex Works 7901
90 Exception Rate 13620
91 Exponential smoothing 9907
92 External Growth 10183
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9609
94 Field Services 7800
95 Field Warehouse 10824
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8908
97 Fishbone Diagram 14710
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27243
99 Flow Through Distribution 12423
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8279
101 FOB Destination 13161
102 Forward buying 30354
103 Freight Charge 10493
104 Freight Consolidation 7602
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11847
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29713
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12789
109 Hub 23575
110 Idle Time 8149
111 Import/Export License 8815
112 In Bond Shipment 14084
113 Inbound Logistics 13700
114 Interstate System 11098
115 Inventory Costs 53979
116 Inventory in Transit 16665
117 Inventory Management 55120
118 Inventory Planning System 9951
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22437
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43220
121 JIT 2 18536
122 Job Production 28068
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9234
124 Kanban Squares 6932
125 Laid-Down Cost 10326
126 Lean Office 6212
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8636
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14397
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37537
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9389
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23028
134 Logistics Costs 26825
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6741
136 Manifest 10654
137 Marks and Numbers 12745
138 Material Planning 35300
139 Materials Management 26505
140 Milk Run 43304
141 Mini Land Bridge 14520
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9691
143 Modal Split 15555
144 Movement of Goods 19612
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31863
146 North West Corner Method 16945
147 Numeric Distribution 14352
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28696
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48710
150 Operational Efficiency 10028
151 Operational Objectives 13460
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18194
153 Operational Sustainability 28221
154 Operations Management 21023
155 Order Cancellation 10934
156 Order Cycle 18548
157 Order Cycle Time 23633
158 Order Fill Rate 34173
159 Order Fulfillment 6553
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10428
161 Parts Standardization 9403
162 PDCA Cycle 8116
163 Peak Load Pricing 13447
164 Perfect Order 13375
165 Physical Distribution 25108
166 Pick List 9932
167 Pipeline inventory 42530
168 Postponement 15391
169 Process Bottleneck 6389
170 Process Checklist Template 7000
171 Process Yield 20336
172 Product ID 16025
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10445
174 Production Capacity 27934
175 Production Orientation 25821
176 Production Planning 36967
177 Production Related Materials 7828
178 Production Scheduling 36345
179 Purchasing 23105
180 Quality Audit 7265
 
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