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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) 38459
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50190
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7738
84 Efficient Frontier 25739
85 Engineer-to-Order 31985
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16811
87 Erlang B Formula 9472
88 ETD 8452
89 Ex Works 7935
90 Exception Rate 13679
91 Exponential smoothing 9942
92 External Growth 10238
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9667
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11020
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14769
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27348
99 Flow Through Distribution 12483
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8338
101 FOB Destination 13225
102 Forward buying 30427
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11924
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29774
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12846
109 Hub 23647
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8852
112 In Bond Shipment 14137
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11137
115 Inventory Costs 54102
116 Inventory in Transit 16742
117 Inventory Management 55285
118 Inventory Planning System 9998
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22517
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43452
121 JIT 2 18577
122 Job Production 28277
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9277
124 Kanban Squares 6978
125 Laid-Down Cost 10390
126 Lean Office 6254
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10923
128 Lee's Notation 8665
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14473
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37674
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9445
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7621
133 Logistics Channel 23081
134 Logistics Costs 26890
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10703
137 Marks and Numbers 12816
138 Material Planning 35382
139 Materials Management 26567
140 Milk Run 43393
141 Mini Land Bridge 14565
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9743
143 Modal Split 15613
144 Movement of Goods 19713
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31948
146 North West Corner Method 16984
147 Numeric Distribution 14404
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28770
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48830
150 Operational Efficiency 10069
151 Operational Objectives 13497
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18222
153 Operational Sustainability 28303
154 Operations Management 21116
155 Order Cancellation 10993
156 Order Cycle 18591
157 Order Cycle Time 23691
158 Order Fill Rate 34249
159 Order Fulfillment 6584
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10483
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13482
164 Perfect Order 13438
165 Physical Distribution 25183
166 Pick List 9984
167 Pipeline inventory 42608
168 Postponement 15461
169 Process Bottleneck 6428
170 Process Checklist Template 7025
171 Process Yield 20382
172 Product ID 16075
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10489
174 Production Capacity 28044
175 Production Orientation 25913
176 Production Planning 37116
177 Production Related Materials 7899
178 Production Scheduling 36472
179 Purchasing 23223
180 Quality Audit 7324
 
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