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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) 37756
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48279
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7293
84 Efficient Frontier 24667
85 Engineer-to-Order 30988
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15615
87 Erlang B Formula 8933
88 ETD 7963
89 Ex Works 7570
90 Exception Rate 12937
91 Exponential smoothing 9479
92 External Growth 9689
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9085
94 Field Services 7487
95 Field Warehouse 9531
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8224
97 Fishbone Diagram 14140
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26251
99 Flow Through Distribution 11895
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7786
101 FOB Destination 12482
102 Forward buying 29469
103 Freight Charge 9985
104 Freight Consolidation 7191
105 Gantt Chart 7993
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11243
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28806
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12314
109 Hub 22823
110 Idle Time 7740
111 Import/Export License 8337
112 In Bond Shipment 13395
113 Inbound Logistics 13014
114 Interstate System 10692
115 Inventory Costs 52178
116 Inventory in Transit 15907
117 Inventory Management 53380
118 Inventory Planning System 9455
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21687
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40512
121 JIT 2 18081
122 Job Production 26117
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8604
124 Kanban Squares 6500
125 Laid-Down Cost 9730
126 Lean Office 5685
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10664
128 Lee's Notation 8213
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13591
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35759
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8820
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7132
133 Logistics Channel 22378
134 Logistics Costs 26043
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6459
136 Manifest 10049
137 Marks and Numbers 12085
138 Material Planning 34209
139 Materials Management 25854
140 Milk Run 41974
141 Mini Land Bridge 13978
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9003
143 Modal Split 14732
144 Movement of Goods 18883
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30812
146 North West Corner Method 16519
147 Numeric Distribution 13619
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27916
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47559
150 Operational Efficiency 9534
151 Operational Objectives 12966
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17838
153 Operational Sustainability 27200
154 Operations Management 19389
155 Order Cancellation 10217
156 Order Cycle 18003
157 Order Cycle Time 22924
158 Order Fill Rate 33409
159 Order Fulfillment 6165
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9914
161 Parts Standardization 8961
162 PDCA Cycle 7739
163 Peak Load Pricing 12974
164 Perfect Order 12615
165 Physical Distribution 24300
166 Pick List 9458
167 Pipeline inventory 41638
168 Postponement 14842
169 Process Bottleneck 5906
170 Process Checklist Template 6620
171 Process Yield 19693
172 Product ID 15469
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10097
174 Production Capacity 26662
175 Production Orientation 25076
176 Production Planning 34954
177 Production Related Materials 7144
178 Production Scheduling 34514
179 Purchasing 21858
180 Quality Audit 6742
 
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