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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) 38470
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50210
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7746
84 Efficient Frontier 25754
85 Engineer-to-Order 31998
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16823
87 Erlang B Formula 9478
88 ETD 8459
89 Ex Works 7945
90 Exception Rate 13688
91 Exponential smoothing 9949
92 External Growth 10243
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9675
94 Field Services 7839
95 Field Warehouse 11048
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8995
97 Fishbone Diagram 14782
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27360
99 Flow Through Distribution 12493
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8347
101 FOB Destination 13233
102 Forward buying 30440
103 Freight Charge 10533
104 Freight Consolidation 7638
105 Gantt Chart 8388
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11937
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29781
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12852
109 Hub 23656
110 Idle Time 8197
111 Import/Export License 8858
112 In Bond Shipment 14144
113 Inbound Logistics 13762
114 Interstate System 11143
115 Inventory Costs 54123
116 Inventory in Transit 16755
117 Inventory Management 55313
118 Inventory Planning System 10006
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22523
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43488
121 JIT 2 18585
122 Job Production 28300
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9283
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10395
126 Lean Office 6261
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10927
128 Lee's Notation 8674
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14482
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37682
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9454
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7628
133 Logistics Channel 23087
134 Logistics Costs 26898
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6773
136 Manifest 10711
137 Marks and Numbers 12827
138 Material Planning 35397
139 Materials Management 26579
140 Milk Run 43403
141 Mini Land Bridge 14573
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9750
143 Modal Split 15621
144 Movement of Goods 19732
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31960
146 North West Corner Method 16987
147 Numeric Distribution 14415
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28776
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48846
150 Operational Efficiency 10075
151 Operational Objectives 13500
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18229
153 Operational Sustainability 28316
154 Operations Management 21128
155 Order Cancellation 11001
156 Order Cycle 18598
157 Order Cycle Time 23700
158 Order Fill Rate 34258
159 Order Fulfillment 6593
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10491
161 Parts Standardization 9442
162 PDCA Cycle 8145
163 Peak Load Pricing 13489
164 Perfect Order 13446
165 Physical Distribution 25194
166 Pick List 9992
167 Pipeline inventory 42614
168 Postponement 15466
169 Process Bottleneck 6435
170 Process Checklist Template 7030
171 Process Yield 20385
172 Product ID 16083
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10497
174 Production Capacity 28056
175 Production Orientation 25922
176 Production Planning 37133
177 Production Related Materials 7906
178 Production Scheduling 36490
179 Purchasing 23236
180 Quality Audit 7331
 
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