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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) 38138
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49358
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7526
84 Efficient Frontier 25281
85 Engineer-to-Order 31552
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16236
87 Erlang B Formula 9247
88 ETD 8234
89 Ex Works 7765
90 Exception Rate 13344
91 Exponential smoothing 9741
92 External Growth 9958
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9915
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26823
99 Flow Through Distribution 12201
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29921
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11606
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29405
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23268
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8618
112 In Bond Shipment 13788
113 Inbound Logistics 13436
114 Interstate System 10905
115 Inventory Costs 53267
116 Inventory in Transit 16303
117 Inventory Management 54407
118 Inventory Planning System 9705
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22153
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42180
121 JIT 2 18342
122 Job Production 27245
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10044
126 Lean Office 5942
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8485
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14068
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36866
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9127
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22760
134 Logistics Costs 26497
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6621
136 Manifest 10428
137 Marks and Numbers 12468
138 Material Planning 34927
139 Materials Management 26231
140 Milk Run 42869
141 Mini Land Bridge 14312
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9405
143 Modal Split 15268
144 Movement of Goods 19323
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31377
146 North West Corner Method 16775
147 Numeric Distribution 14059
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28394
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48191
150 Operational Efficiency 9849
151 Operational Objectives 13249
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18052
153 Operational Sustainability 27740
154 Operations Management 20410
155 Order Cancellation 10684
156 Order Cycle 18339
157 Order Cycle Time 23402
158 Order Fill Rate 33871
159 Order Fulfillment 6396
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10190
161 Parts Standardization 9219
162 PDCA Cycle 7912
163 Peak Load Pricing 13279
164 Perfect Order 13054
165 Physical Distribution 24794
166 Pick List 9746
167 Pipeline inventory 42209
168 Postponement 15184
169 Process Bottleneck 6195
170 Process Checklist Template 6841
171 Process Yield 20036
172 Product ID 15796
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10303
174 Production Capacity 27458
175 Production Orientation 25475
176 Production Planning 36223
177 Production Related Materials 7561
178 Production Scheduling 35634
179 Purchasing 22551
180 Quality Audit 7062
 
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