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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) 38223
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49612
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7589
84 Efficient Frontier 25423
85 Engineer-to-Order 31694
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16380
87 Erlang B Formula 9325
88 ETD 8308
89 Ex Works 7817
90 Exception Rate 13449
91 Exponential smoothing 9809
92 External Growth 10042
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9399
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10359
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8729
97 Fishbone Diagram 14577
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26970
99 Flow Through Distribution 12280
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8144
101 FOB Destination 12993
102 Forward buying 30037
103 Freight Charge 10298
104 Freight Consolidation 7504
105 Gantt Chart 8271
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11698
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29535
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12651
109 Hub 23379
110 Idle Time 8045
111 Import/Export License 8687
112 In Bond Shipment 13909
113 Inbound Logistics 13547
114 Interstate System 10978
115 Inventory Costs 53520
116 Inventory in Transit 16408
117 Inventory Management 54633
118 Inventory Planning System 9757
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22253
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42568
121 JIT 2 18409
122 Job Production 27544
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9031
124 Kanban Squares 6811
125 Laid-Down Cost 10135
126 Lean Office 6012
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10842
128 Lee's Notation 8545
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14187
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37134
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9234
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7415
133 Logistics Channel 22866
134 Logistics Costs 26622
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6668
136 Manifest 10505
137 Marks and Numbers 12574
138 Material Planning 35048
139 Materials Management 26330
140 Milk Run 43055
141 Mini Land Bridge 14392
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9518
143 Modal Split 15384
144 Movement of Goods 19436
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31562
146 North West Corner Method 16841
147 Numeric Distribution 14183
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28505
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48371
150 Operational Efficiency 9918
151 Operational Objectives 13322
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18106
153 Operational Sustainability 27890
154 Operations Management 20612
155 Order Cancellation 10793
156 Order Cycle 18419
157 Order Cycle Time 23481
158 Order Fill Rate 33983
159 Order Fulfillment 6454
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10281
161 Parts Standardization 9290
162 PDCA Cycle 7950
163 Peak Load Pricing 13344
164 Perfect Order 13194
165 Physical Distribution 24895
166 Pick List 9819
167 Pipeline inventory 42328
168 Postponement 15270
169 Process Bottleneck 6263
170 Process Checklist Template 6907
171 Process Yield 20114
172 Product ID 15875
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10350
174 Production Capacity 27650
175 Production Orientation 25608
176 Production Planning 36506
177 Production Related Materials 7665
178 Production Scheduling 35973
179 Purchasing 22728
180 Quality Audit 7138
 
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