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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) 37983
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48954
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7429
84 Efficient Frontier 25021
85 Engineer-to-Order 31304
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15992
87 Erlang B Formula 9129
88 ETD 8107
89 Ex Works 7685
90 Exception Rate 13181
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8472
97 Fishbone Diagram 14337
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26573
99 Flow Through Distribution 12078
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7952
101 FOB Destination 12715
102 Forward buying 29762
103 Freight Charge 10123
104 Freight Consolidation 7351
105 Gantt Chart 8129
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11468
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29223
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12449
109 Hub 23092
110 Idle Time 7883
111 Import/Export License 8505
112 In Bond Shipment 13646
113 Inbound Logistics 13250
114 Interstate System 10796
115 Inventory Costs 52850
116 Inventory in Transit 16132
117 Inventory Management 53934
118 Inventory Planning System 9604
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21971
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41526
121 JIT 2 18237
122 Job Production 26750
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8798
124 Kanban Squares 6649
125 Laid-Down Cost 9910
126 Lean Office 5830
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10758
128 Lee's Notation 8378
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13869
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36380
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8983
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7294
133 Logistics Channel 22596
134 Logistics Costs 26323
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6552
136 Manifest 10271
137 Marks and Numbers 12284
138 Material Planning 34635
139 Materials Management 26057
140 Milk Run 42528
141 Mini Land Bridge 14163
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9234
143 Modal Split 15031
144 Movement of Goods 19164
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31128
146 North West Corner Method 16667
147 Numeric Distribution 13885
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28182
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47914
150 Operational Efficiency 9722
151 Operational Objectives 13134
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17953
153 Operational Sustainability 27538
154 Operations Management 19979
155 Order Cancellation 10459
156 Order Cycle 18194
157 Order Cycle Time 23231
158 Order Fill Rate 33683
159 Order Fulfillment 6309
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10058
161 Parts Standardization 9102
162 PDCA Cycle 7831
163 Peak Load Pricing 13169
164 Perfect Order 12867
165 Physical Distribution 24604
166 Pick List 9632
167 Pipeline inventory 41997
168 Postponement 15055
169 Process Bottleneck 6075
170 Process Checklist Template 6729
171 Process Yield 19899
172 Product ID 15658
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10213
174 Production Capacity 27184
175 Production Orientation 25300
176 Production Planning 35736
177 Production Related Materials 7348
178 Production Scheduling 35185
179 Purchasing 22284
180 Quality Audit 6940
 
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