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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) 38067
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49190
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7486
84 Efficient Frontier 25179
85 Engineer-to-Order 31449
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16124
87 Erlang B Formula 9188
88 ETD 8176
89 Ex Works 7729
90 Exception Rate 13269
91 Exponential smoothing 9695
92 External Growth 9907
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9286
94 Field Services 7643
95 Field Warehouse 9771
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8566
97 Fishbone Diagram 14436
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26724
99 Flow Through Distribution 12144
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8019
101 FOB Destination 12831
102 Forward buying 29850
103 Freight Charge 10185
104 Freight Consolidation 7405
105 Gantt Chart 8183
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11549
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29329
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12522
109 Hub 23187
110 Idle Time 7937
111 Import/Export License 8575
112 In Bond Shipment 13730
113 Inbound Logistics 13358
114 Interstate System 10852
115 Inventory Costs 53097
116 Inventory in Transit 16234
117 Inventory Management 54199
118 Inventory Planning System 9662
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22079
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41891
121 JIT 2 18300
122 Job Production 27022
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8888
124 Kanban Squares 6713
125 Laid-Down Cost 9983
126 Lean Office 5894
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8438
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13981
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36637
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9059
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7339
133 Logistics Channel 22694
134 Logistics Costs 26426
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6594
136 Manifest 10367
137 Marks and Numbers 12377
138 Material Planning 34806
139 Materials Management 26157
140 Milk Run 42743
141 Mini Land Bridge 14248
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9334
143 Modal Split 15172
144 Movement of Goods 19247
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31276
146 North West Corner Method 16731
147 Numeric Distribution 13980
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28300
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48072
150 Operational Efficiency 9791
151 Operational Objectives 13197
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18003
153 Operational Sustainability 27651
154 Operations Management 20220
155 Order Cancellation 10598
156 Order Cycle 18270
157 Order Cycle Time 23335
158 Order Fill Rate 33784
159 Order Fulfillment 6361
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10124
161 Parts Standardization 9168
162 PDCA Cycle 7878
163 Peak Load Pricing 13234
164 Perfect Order 12956
165 Physical Distribution 24720
166 Pick List 9700
167 Pipeline inventory 42127
168 Postponement 15125
169 Process Bottleneck 6139
170 Process Checklist Template 6790
171 Process Yield 19982
172 Product ID 15748
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10263
174 Production Capacity 27359
175 Production Orientation 25399
176 Production Planning 36029
177 Production Related Materials 7460
178 Production Scheduling 35445
179 Purchasing 22429
180 Quality Audit 7014
 
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