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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) 38261
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49712
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7613
84 Efficient Frontier 25476
85 Engineer-to-Order 31734
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16506
87 Erlang B Formula 9344
88 ETD 8328
89 Ex Works 7833
90 Exception Rate 13488
91 Exponential smoothing 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9507
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10443
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27023
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
101 FOB Destination 13029
102 Forward buying 30155
103 Freight Charge 10406
104 Freight Consolidation 7529
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11731
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29581
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12681
109 Hub 23427
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8717
112 In Bond Shipment 13947
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 11001
115 Inventory Costs 53619
116 Inventory in Transit 16527
117 Inventory Management 54787
118 Inventory Planning System 9865
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22293
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42704
121 JIT 2 18439
122 Job Production 27659
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9139
124 Kanban Squares 6833
125 Laid-Down Cost 10185
126 Lean Office 6122
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10857
128 Lee's Notation 8568
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14224
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37269
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9268
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7525
133 Logistics Channel 22905
134 Logistics Costs 26675
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6687
136 Manifest 10530
137 Marks and Numbers 12602
138 Material Planning 35099
139 Materials Management 26370
140 Milk Run 43105
141 Mini Land Bridge 14417
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9561
143 Modal Split 15418
144 Movement of Goods 19478
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31633
146 North West Corner Method 16865
147 Numeric Distribution 14222
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28548
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48439
150 Operational Efficiency 9945
151 Operational Objectives 13354
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18124
153 Operational Sustainability 28011
154 Operations Management 20763
155 Order Cancellation 10822
156 Order Cycle 18446
157 Order Cycle Time 23514
158 Order Fill Rate 34029
159 Order Fulfillment 6472
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10316
161 Parts Standardization 9314
162 PDCA Cycle 8057
163 Peak Load Pricing 13371
164 Perfect Order 13229
165 Physical Distribution 24944
166 Pick List 9843
167 Pipeline inventory 42362
168 Postponement 15292
169 Process Bottleneck 6299
170 Process Checklist Template 6930
171 Process Yield 20230
172 Product ID 15912
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10370
174 Production Capacity 27706
175 Production Orientation 25668
176 Production Planning 36607
177 Production Related Materials 7698
178 Production Scheduling 36052
179 Purchasing 22863
180 Quality Audit 7167
 
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