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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) 37959
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48878
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7409
84 Efficient Frontier 24983
85 Engineer-to-Order 31263
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15962
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13155
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9693
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14308
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26534
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29726
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7327
105 Gantt Chart 8119
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11423
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29185
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12430
109 Hub 23058
110 Idle Time 7868
111 Import/Export License 8483
112 In Bond Shipment 13616
113 Inbound Logistics 13222
114 Interstate System 10781
115 Inventory Costs 52777
116 Inventory in Transit 16105
117 Inventory Management 53864
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21931
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41416
121 JIT 2 18215
122 Job Production 26659
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8767
124 Kanban Squares 6624
125 Laid-Down Cost 9893
126 Lean Office 5809
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10738
128 Lee's Notation 8361
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13831
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36312
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8961
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7275
133 Logistics Channel 22569
134 Logistics Costs 26291
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6541
136 Manifest 10244
137 Marks and Numbers 12262
138 Material Planning 34587
139 Materials Management 26035
140 Milk Run 42459
141 Mini Land Bridge 14135
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9197
143 Modal Split 14989
144 Movement of Goods 19135
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31075
146 North West Corner Method 16650
147 Numeric Distribution 13855
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28152
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47867
150 Operational Efficiency 9687
151 Operational Objectives 13115
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17934
153 Operational Sustainability 27507
154 Operations Management 19898
155 Order Cancellation 10421
156 Order Cycle 18173
157 Order Cycle Time 23197
158 Order Fill Rate 33644
159 Order Fulfillment 6290
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10046
161 Parts Standardization 9080
162 PDCA Cycle 7821
163 Peak Load Pricing 13132
164 Perfect Order 12829
165 Physical Distribution 24568
166 Pick List 9613
167 Pipeline inventory 41955
168 Postponement 15031
169 Process Bottleneck 6054
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19874
172 Product ID 15636
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10194
174 Production Capacity 27116
175 Production Orientation 25275
176 Production Planning 35657
177 Production Related Materials 7322
178 Production Scheduling 35110
179 Purchasing 22232
180 Quality Audit 6915
 
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