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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) 48874
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7409
84 Efficient Frontier 24980
85 Engineer-to-Order 31262
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15961
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13152
91 Exponential smoothing 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14307
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26531
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29724
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7326
105 Gantt Chart 8117
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11421
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29184
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12429
109 Hub 23055
110 Idle Time 7867
111 Import/Export License 8482
112 In Bond Shipment 13615
113 Inbound Logistics 13220
114 Interstate System 10780
115 Inventory Costs 52773
116 Inventory in Transit 16105
117 Inventory Management 53860
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21930
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41409
121 JIT 2 18214
122 Job Production 26656
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8767
124 Kanban Squares 6622
125 Laid-Down Cost 9892
126 Lean Office 5808
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10738
128 Lee's Notation 8361
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13830
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36308
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8960
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7274
133 Logistics Channel 22569
134 Logistics Costs 26290
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6541
136 Manifest 10242
137 Marks and Numbers 12261
138 Material Planning 34585
139 Materials Management 26035
140 Milk Run 42455
141 Mini Land Bridge 14135
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9195
143 Modal Split 14987
144 Movement of Goods 19134
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31073
146 North West Corner Method 16650
147 Numeric Distribution 13855
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28152
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47863
150 Operational Efficiency 9684
151 Operational Objectives 13115
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17934
153 Operational Sustainability 27502
154 Operations Management 19894
155 Order Cancellation 10421
156 Order Cycle 18171
157 Order Cycle Time 23196
158 Order Fill Rate 33642
159 Order Fulfillment 6290
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10045
161 Parts Standardization 9079
162 PDCA Cycle 7819
163 Peak Load Pricing 13131
164 Perfect Order 12828
165 Physical Distribution 24565
166 Pick List 9611
167 Pipeline inventory 41955
168 Postponement 15029
169 Process Bottleneck 6054
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19874
172 Product ID 15635
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10193
174 Production Capacity 27114
175 Production Orientation 25274
176 Production Planning 35652
177 Production Related Materials 7321
178 Production Scheduling 35109
179 Purchasing 22231
180 Quality Audit 6914
 
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