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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) 38120
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49318
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25251
85 Engineer-to-Order 31522
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16204
87 Erlang B Formula 9234
88 ETD 8218
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9733
92 External Growth 9946
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9324
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9864
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8620
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26800
99 Flow Through Distribution 12184
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
101 FOB Destination 12887
102 Forward buying 29901
103 Freight Charge 10221
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11592
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29384
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12562
109 Hub 23248
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8608
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13417
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53211
116 Inventory in Transit 16288
117 Inventory Management 54348
118 Inventory Planning System 9696
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22129
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42098
121 JIT 2 18328
122 Job Production 27189
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8932
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10032
126 Lean Office 5933
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8470
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14043
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36816
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9113
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7363
133 Logistics Channel 22746
134 Logistics Costs 26477
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10411
137 Marks and Numbers 12447
138 Material Planning 34896
139 Materials Management 26213
140 Milk Run 42838
141 Mini Land Bridge 14289
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9385
143 Modal Split 15248
144 Movement of Goods 19302
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31347
146 North West Corner Method 16768
147 Numeric Distribution 14030
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28367
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48162
150 Operational Efficiency 9835
151 Operational Objectives 13241
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18042
153 Operational Sustainability 27715
154 Operations Management 20362
155 Order Cancellation 10665
156 Order Cycle 18325
157 Order Cycle Time 23384
158 Order Fill Rate 33849
159 Order Fulfillment 6387
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10174
161 Parts Standardization 9211
162 PDCA Cycle 7908
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13031
165 Physical Distribution 24775
166 Pick List 9734
167 Pipeline inventory 42183
168 Postponement 15163
169 Process Bottleneck 6184
170 Process Checklist Template 6835
171 Process Yield 20024
172 Product ID 15784
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10294
174 Production Capacity 27423
175 Production Orientation 25453
176 Production Planning 36177
177 Production Related Materials 7544
178 Production Scheduling 35578
179 Purchasing 22509
180 Quality Audit 7053
 
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