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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) 38030
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49101
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7456
84 Efficient Frontier 25100
85 Engineer-to-Order 31386
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16065
87 Erlang B Formula 9158
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13220
91 Exponential smoothing 9663
92 External Growth 9870
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9260
94 Field Services 7620
95 Field Warehouse 9741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8525
97 Fishbone Diagram 14395
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26653
99 Flow Through Distribution 12108
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7983
101 FOB Destination 12778
102 Forward buying 29814
103 Freight Charge 10149
104 Freight Consolidation 7380
105 Gantt Chart 8158
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11508
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29276
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12485
109 Hub 23144
110 Idle Time 7910
111 Import/Export License 8542
112 In Bond Shipment 13700
113 Inbound Logistics 13301
114 Interstate System 10822
115 Inventory Costs 52985
116 Inventory in Transit 16187
117 Inventory Management 54073
118 Inventory Planning System 9634
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22031
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41719
121 JIT 2 18270
122 Job Production 26899
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8845
124 Kanban Squares 6683
125 Laid-Down Cost 9949
126 Lean Office 5865
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8409
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13927
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36527
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9014
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7317
133 Logistics Channel 22643
134 Logistics Costs 26378
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6578
136 Manifest 10325
137 Marks and Numbers 12329
138 Material Planning 34727
139 Materials Management 26104
140 Milk Run 42656
141 Mini Land Bridge 14212
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9289
143 Modal Split 15100
144 Movement of Goods 19205
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31200
146 North West Corner Method 16695
147 Numeric Distribution 13935
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28247
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48003
150 Operational Efficiency 9758
151 Operational Objectives 13167
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17981
153 Operational Sustainability 27599
154 Operations Management 20116
155 Order Cancellation 10533
156 Order Cycle 18238
157 Order Cycle Time 23297
158 Order Fill Rate 33738
159 Order Fulfillment 6337
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10093
161 Parts Standardization 9140
162 PDCA Cycle 7856
163 Peak Load Pricing 13196
164 Perfect Order 12919
165 Physical Distribution 24670
166 Pick List 9673
167 Pipeline inventory 42069
168 Postponement 15094
169 Process Bottleneck 6109
170 Process Checklist Template 6752
171 Process Yield 19941
172 Product ID 15709
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10238
174 Production Capacity 27276
175 Production Orientation 25353
176 Production Planning 35899
177 Production Related Materials 7397
178 Production Scheduling 35325
179 Purchasing 22360
180 Quality Audit 6983
 
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