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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) 38086
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49228
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7495
84 Efficient Frontier 25199
85 Engineer-to-Order 31476
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16152
87 Erlang B Formula 9208
88 ETD 8189
89 Ex Works 7739
90 Exception Rate 13289
91 Exponential smoothing 9713
92 External Growth 9920
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9299
94 Field Services 7648
95 Field Warehouse 9791
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8583
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26747
99 Flow Through Distribution 12156
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8033
101 FOB Destination 12849
102 Forward buying 29865
103 Freight Charge 10199
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8190
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11559
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29349
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12536
109 Hub 23209
110 Idle Time 7947
111 Import/Export License 8585
112 In Bond Shipment 13745
113 Inbound Logistics 13378
114 Interstate System 10864
115 Inventory Costs 53143
116 Inventory in Transit 16254
117 Inventory Management 54243
118 Inventory Planning System 9672
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41955
121 JIT 2 18310
122 Job Production 27077
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8901
124 Kanban Squares 6723
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5904
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10784
128 Lee's Notation 8450
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14002
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36699
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9078
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7345
133 Logistics Channel 22713
134 Logistics Costs 26437
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6600
136 Manifest 10381
137 Marks and Numbers 12403
138 Material Planning 34836
139 Materials Management 26181
140 Milk Run 42773
141 Mini Land Bridge 14257
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9346
143 Modal Split 15192
144 Movement of Goods 19264
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31301
146 North West Corner Method 16740
147 Numeric Distribution 13995
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28318
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48101
150 Operational Efficiency 9809
151 Operational Objectives 13215
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18013
153 Operational Sustainability 27667
154 Operations Management 20267
155 Order Cancellation 10618
156 Order Cycle 18288
157 Order Cycle Time 23349
158 Order Fill Rate 33800
159 Order Fulfillment 6367
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10145
161 Parts Standardization 9181
162 PDCA Cycle 7889
163 Peak Load Pricing 13246
164 Perfect Order 12983
165 Physical Distribution 24745
166 Pick List 9710
167 Pipeline inventory 42153
168 Postponement 15137
169 Process Bottleneck 6154
170 Process Checklist Template 6809
171 Process Yield 19998
172 Product ID 15760
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10273
174 Production Capacity 27377
175 Production Orientation 25411
176 Production Planning 36075
177 Production Related Materials 7495
178 Production Scheduling 35486
179 Purchasing 22452
180 Quality Audit 7033
 
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