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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) 38029
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49096
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7455
84 Efficient Frontier 25099
85 Engineer-to-Order 31384
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16062
87 Erlang B Formula 9156
88 ETD 8140
89 Ex Works 7711
90 Exception Rate 13219
91 Exponential smoothing 9662
92 External Growth 9868
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9257
94 Field Services 7619
95 Field Warehouse 9741
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8524
97 Fishbone Diagram 14393
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26651
99 Flow Through Distribution 12107
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7982
101 FOB Destination 12777
102 Forward buying 29812
103 Freight Charge 10149
104 Freight Consolidation 7377
105 Gantt Chart 8157
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11507
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29271
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12483
109 Hub 23142
110 Idle Time 7909
111 Import/Export License 8541
112 In Bond Shipment 13698
113 Inbound Logistics 13300
114 Interstate System 10820
115 Inventory Costs 52981
116 Inventory in Transit 16187
117 Inventory Management 54069
118 Inventory Planning System 9630
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22030
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41711
121 JIT 2 18269
122 Job Production 26896
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8843
124 Kanban Squares 6682
125 Laid-Down Cost 9948
126 Lean Office 5864
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8409
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13926
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36523
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9012
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7317
133 Logistics Channel 22641
134 Logistics Costs 26378
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6578
136 Manifest 10323
137 Marks and Numbers 12326
138 Material Planning 34726
139 Materials Management 26104
140 Milk Run 42654
141 Mini Land Bridge 14212
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9286
143 Modal Split 15095
144 Movement of Goods 19204
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31198
146 North West Corner Method 16694
147 Numeric Distribution 13933
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28244
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48001
150 Operational Efficiency 9758
151 Operational Objectives 13167
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17981
153 Operational Sustainability 27597
154 Operations Management 20115
155 Order Cancellation 10533
156 Order Cycle 18238
157 Order Cycle Time 23296
158 Order Fill Rate 33734
159 Order Fulfillment 6336
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10091
161 Parts Standardization 9139
162 PDCA Cycle 7855
163 Peak Load Pricing 13196
164 Perfect Order 12916
165 Physical Distribution 24670
166 Pick List 9671
167 Pipeline inventory 42067
168 Postponement 15093
169 Process Bottleneck 6108
170 Process Checklist Template 6752
171 Process Yield 19939
172 Product ID 15709
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10237
174 Production Capacity 27272
175 Production Orientation 25352
176 Production Planning 35893
177 Production Related Materials 7395
178 Production Scheduling 35321
179 Purchasing 22358
180 Quality Audit 6982
 
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