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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) 38393
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50055
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7710
84 Efficient Frontier 25662
85 Engineer-to-Order 31916
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16716
87 Erlang B Formula 9441
88 ETD 8414
89 Ex Works 7909
90 Exception Rate 13631
91 Exponential smoothing 9915
92 External Growth 10192
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9617
94 Field Services 7804
95 Field Warehouse 10852
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8919
97 Fishbone Diagram 14723
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27257
99 Flow Through Distribution 12430
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8286
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30362
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11859
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12797
109 Hub 23579
110 Idle Time 8153
111 Import/Export License 8819
112 In Bond Shipment 14087
113 Inbound Logistics 13709
114 Interstate System 11102
115 Inventory Costs 53990
116 Inventory in Transit 16676
117 Inventory Management 55144
118 Inventory Planning System 9958
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22449
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43243
121 JIT 2 18539
122 Job Production 28102
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9239
124 Kanban Squares 6941
125 Laid-Down Cost 10335
126 Lean Office 6216
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10907
128 Lee's Notation 8640
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14407
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37555
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9398
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7595
133 Logistics Channel 23038
134 Logistics Costs 26838
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6749
136 Manifest 10660
137 Marks and Numbers 12764
138 Material Planning 35308
139 Materials Management 26512
140 Milk Run 43319
141 Mini Land Bridge 14527
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9698
143 Modal Split 15563
144 Movement of Goods 19626
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31877
146 North West Corner Method 16949
147 Numeric Distribution 14358
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28711
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48733
150 Operational Efficiency 10037
151 Operational Objectives 13465
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18196
153 Operational Sustainability 28237
154 Operations Management 21038
155 Order Cancellation 10940
156 Order Cycle 18550
157 Order Cycle Time 23641
158 Order Fill Rate 34181
159 Order Fulfillment 6556
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10439
161 Parts Standardization 9405
162 PDCA Cycle 8121
163 Peak Load Pricing 13452
164 Perfect Order 13386
165 Physical Distribution 25117
166 Pick List 9941
167 Pipeline inventory 42537
168 Postponement 15399
169 Process Bottleneck 6396
170 Process Checklist Template 7001
171 Process Yield 20346
172 Product ID 16034
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10446
174 Production Capacity 27947
175 Production Orientation 25841
176 Production Planning 36987
177 Production Related Materials 7844
178 Production Scheduling 36369
179 Purchasing 23122
180 Quality Audit 7272
 
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