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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) 38028
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49085
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7453
84 Efficient Frontier 25096
85 Engineer-to-Order 31381
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16058
87 Erlang B Formula 9156
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7710
90 Exception Rate 13218
91 Exponential smoothing 9662
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9257
94 Field Services 7617
95 Field Warehouse 9740
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26645
99 Flow Through Distribution 12106
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7981
101 FOB Destination 12772
102 Forward buying 29811
103 Freight Charge 10148
104 Freight Consolidation 7377
105 Gantt Chart 8156
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11506
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29268
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12482
109 Hub 23137
110 Idle Time 7908
111 Import/Export License 8538
112 In Bond Shipment 13695
113 Inbound Logistics 13297
114 Interstate System 10819
115 Inventory Costs 52975
116 Inventory in Transit 16182
117 Inventory Management 54061
118 Inventory Planning System 9629
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22027
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41704
121 JIT 2 18268
122 Job Production 26888
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8842
124 Kanban Squares 6681
125 Laid-Down Cost 9946
126 Lean Office 5864
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8409
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13923
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36519
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9011
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7316
133 Logistics Channel 22639
134 Logistics Costs 26373
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6577
136 Manifest 10319
137 Marks and Numbers 12325
138 Material Planning 34723
139 Materials Management 26102
140 Milk Run 42652
141 Mini Land Bridge 14210
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9285
143 Modal Split 15093
144 Movement of Goods 19203
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31198
146 North West Corner Method 16692
147 Numeric Distribution 13932
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28242
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47999
150 Operational Efficiency 9756
151 Operational Objectives 13167
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17979
153 Operational Sustainability 27596
154 Operations Management 20105
155 Order Cancellation 10528
156 Order Cycle 18235
157 Order Cycle Time 23295
158 Order Fill Rate 33730
159 Order Fulfillment 6336
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10088
161 Parts Standardization 9138
162 PDCA Cycle 7854
163 Peak Load Pricing 13195
164 Perfect Order 12914
165 Physical Distribution 24665
166 Pick List 9668
167 Pipeline inventory 42064
168 Postponement 15092
169 Process Bottleneck 6106
170 Process Checklist Template 6751
171 Process Yield 19936
172 Product ID 15708
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10236
174 Production Capacity 27265
175 Production Orientation 25350
176 Production Planning 35886
177 Production Related Materials 7393
178 Production Scheduling 35316
179 Purchasing 22356
180 Quality Audit 6980
 
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