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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) 38060
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49155
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7472
84 Efficient Frontier 25148
85 Engineer-to-Order 31425
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16107
87 Erlang B Formula 9174
88 ETD 8163
89 Ex Works 7726
90 Exception Rate 13250
91 Exponential smoothing 9685
92 External Growth 9889
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9275
94 Field Services 7637
95 Field Warehouse 9759
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8552
97 Fishbone Diagram 14419
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26695
99 Flow Through Distribution 12134
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
101 FOB Destination 12811
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10171
104 Freight Consolidation 7393
105 Gantt Chart 8172
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11530
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12509
109 Hub 23171
110 Idle Time 7928
111 Import/Export License 8561
112 In Bond Shipment 13716
113 Inbound Logistics 13334
114 Interstate System 10840
115 Inventory Costs 53056
116 Inventory in Transit 16218
117 Inventory Management 54151
118 Inventory Planning System 9653
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22065
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41824
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26972
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8870
124 Kanban Squares 6702
125 Laid-Down Cost 9965
126 Lean Office 5881
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10774
128 Lee's Notation 8427
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13959
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36592
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9039
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7330
133 Logistics Channel 22671
134 Logistics Costs 26410
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6589
136 Manifest 10352
137 Marks and Numbers 12357
138 Material Planning 34773
139 Materials Management 26136
140 Milk Run 42712
141 Mini Land Bridge 14231
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9316
143 Modal Split 15140
144 Movement of Goods 19229
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31248
146 North West Corner Method 16719
147 Numeric Distribution 13963
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28279
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48047
150 Operational Efficiency 9778
151 Operational Objectives 13189
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17994
153 Operational Sustainability 27630
154 Operations Management 20184
155 Order Cancellation 10573
156 Order Cycle 18256
157 Order Cycle Time 23322
158 Order Fill Rate 33762
159 Order Fulfillment 6351
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10111
161 Parts Standardization 9157
162 PDCA Cycle 7866
163 Peak Load Pricing 13223
164 Perfect Order 12943
165 Physical Distribution 24697
166 Pick List 9688
167 Pipeline inventory 42103
168 Postponement 15114
169 Process Bottleneck 6126
170 Process Checklist Template 6776
171 Process Yield 19965
172 Product ID 15732
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10256
174 Production Capacity 27324
175 Production Orientation 25385
176 Production Planning 35980
177 Production Related Materials 7435
178 Production Scheduling 35398
179 Purchasing 22398
180 Quality Audit 7004
 
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