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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) 38040
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49128
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7459
84 Efficient Frontier 25117
85 Engineer-to-Order 31402
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16080
87 Erlang B Formula 9161
88 ETD 8150
89 Ex Works 7716
90 Exception Rate 13234
91 Exponential smoothing 9670
92 External Growth 9878
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9265
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9748
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8535
97 Fishbone Diagram 14404
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26667
99 Flow Through Distribution 12120
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7993
101 FOB Destination 12791
102 Forward buying 29824
103 Freight Charge 10158
104 Freight Consolidation 7383
105 Gantt Chart 8163
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11516
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29284
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23156
110 Idle Time 7917
111 Import/Export License 8550
112 In Bond Shipment 13705
113 Inbound Logistics 13311
114 Interstate System 10826
115 Inventory Costs 53014
116 Inventory in Transit 16197
117 Inventory Management 54095
118 Inventory Planning System 9641
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22043
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41748
121 JIT 2 18276
122 Job Production 26925
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8854
124 Kanban Squares 6689
125 Laid-Down Cost 9954
126 Lean Office 5873
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10770
128 Lee's Notation 8415
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13935
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36548
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9021
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7321
133 Logistics Channel 22653
134 Logistics Costs 26392
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6580
136 Manifest 10334
137 Marks and Numbers 12339
138 Material Planning 34746
139 Materials Management 26116
140 Milk Run 42676
141 Mini Land Bridge 14219
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9300
143 Modal Split 15115
144 Movement of Goods 19215
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31219
146 North West Corner Method 16705
147 Numeric Distribution 13946
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28259
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48016
150 Operational Efficiency 9769
151 Operational Objectives 13173
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17984
153 Operational Sustainability 27609
154 Operations Management 20138
155 Order Cancellation 10550
156 Order Cycle 18244
157 Order Cycle Time 23306
158 Order Fill Rate 33749
159 Order Fulfillment 6342
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10099
161 Parts Standardization 9145
162 PDCA Cycle 7859
163 Peak Load Pricing 13200
164 Perfect Order 12927
165 Physical Distribution 24680
166 Pick List 9680
167 Pipeline inventory 42082
168 Postponement 15100
169 Process Bottleneck 6116
170 Process Checklist Template 6760
171 Process Yield 19947
172 Product ID 15719
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10245
174 Production Capacity 27300
175 Production Orientation 25362
176 Production Planning 35930
177 Production Related Materials 7411
178 Production Scheduling 35355
179 Purchasing 22378
180 Quality Audit 6992
 
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