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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) 37920
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48768
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7385
84 Efficient Frontier 24918
85 Engineer-to-Order 31211
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15892
87 Erlang B Formula 9060
88 ETD 8063
89 Ex Works 7656
90 Exception Rate 13108
91 Exponential smoothing 9590
92 External Growth 9802
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9187
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9659
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26480
99 Flow Through Distribution 12016
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7896
101 FOB Destination 12650
102 Forward buying 29680
103 Freight Charge 10076
104 Freight Consolidation 7298
105 Gantt Chart 8095
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11378
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29133
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23010
110 Idle Time 7846
111 Import/Export License 8458
112 In Bond Shipment 13582
113 Inbound Logistics 13180
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52671
116 Inventory in Transit 16058
117 Inventory Management 53764
118 Inventory Planning System 9554
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21873
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41250
121 JIT 2 18188
122 Job Production 26533
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8735
124 Kanban Squares 6595
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13785
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36210
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8937
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7232
133 Logistics Channel 22531
134 Logistics Costs 26251
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6522
136 Manifest 10210
137 Marks and Numbers 12241
138 Material Planning 34521
139 Materials Management 25997
140 Milk Run 42368
141 Mini Land Bridge 14103
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9152
143 Modal Split 14939
144 Movement of Goods 19095
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31030
146 North West Corner Method 16627
147 Numeric Distribution 13815
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28110
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47806
150 Operational Efficiency 9655
151 Operational Objectives 13089
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17919
153 Operational Sustainability 27443
154 Operations Management 19806
155 Order Cancellation 10384
156 Order Cycle 18142
157 Order Cycle Time 23156
158 Order Fill Rate 33589
159 Order Fulfillment 6268
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10022
161 Parts Standardization 9055
162 PDCA Cycle 7804
163 Peak Load Pricing 13089
164 Perfect Order 12775
165 Physical Distribution 24518
166 Pick List 9583
167 Pipeline inventory 41901
168 Postponement 15005
169 Process Bottleneck 6023
170 Process Checklist Template 6699
171 Process Yield 19844
172 Product ID 15606
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27001
175 Production Orientation 25240
176 Production Planning 35532
177 Production Related Materials 7287
178 Production Scheduling 35004
179 Purchasing 22158
180 Quality Audit 6875
 
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