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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) 38013
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49043
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7445
84 Efficient Frontier 25068
85 Engineer-to-Order 31352
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16035
87 Erlang B Formula 9146
88 ETD 8124
89 Ex Works 7699
90 Exception Rate 13205
91 Exponential smoothing 9653
92 External Growth 9860
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9247
94 Field Services 7613
95 Field Warehouse 9730
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8505
97 Fishbone Diagram 14371
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26621
99 Flow Through Distribution 12097
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7973
101 FOB Destination 12744
102 Forward buying 29798
103 Freight Charge 10138
104 Freight Consolidation 7365
105 Gantt Chart 8145
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11491
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29247
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12470
109 Hub 23122
110 Idle Time 7901
111 Import/Export License 8525
112 In Bond Shipment 13676
113 Inbound Logistics 13277
114 Interstate System 10810
115 Inventory Costs 52926
116 Inventory in Transit 16165
117 Inventory Management 54013
118 Inventory Planning System 9621
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22011
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41639
121 JIT 2 18258
122 Job Production 26846
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8828
124 Kanban Squares 6669
125 Laid-Down Cost 9931
126 Lean Office 5851
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10763
128 Lee's Notation 8399
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13903
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36483
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8999
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7308
133 Logistics Channel 22620
134 Logistics Costs 26351
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6565
136 Manifest 10302
137 Marks and Numbers 12309
138 Material Planning 34696
139 Materials Management 26082
140 Milk Run 42610
141 Mini Land Bridge 14197
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9269
143 Modal Split 15072
144 Movement of Goods 19192
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31177
146 North West Corner Method 16681
147 Numeric Distribution 13913
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28219
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47970
150 Operational Efficiency 9745
151 Operational Objectives 13158
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17970
153 Operational Sustainability 27575
154 Operations Management 20062
155 Order Cancellation 10499
156 Order Cycle 18218
157 Order Cycle Time 23271
158 Order Fill Rate 33716
159 Order Fulfillment 6328
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10075
161 Parts Standardization 9126
162 PDCA Cycle 7848
163 Peak Load Pricing 13187
164 Perfect Order 12898
165 Physical Distribution 24650
166 Pick List 9658
167 Pipeline inventory 42044
168 Postponement 15079
169 Process Bottleneck 6096
170 Process Checklist Template 6742
171 Process Yield 19918
172 Product ID 15689
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10230
174 Production Capacity 27237
175 Production Orientation 25334
176 Production Planning 35827
177 Production Related Materials 7375
178 Production Scheduling 35272
179 Purchasing 22334
180 Quality Audit 6967
 
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