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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) 37550
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 47770
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7187
84 Efficient Frontier 24430
85 Engineer-to-Order 30759
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15366
87 Erlang B Formula 8807
88 ETD 7855
89 Ex Works 7483
90 Exception Rate 12738
91 Exponential smoothing 9376
92 External Growth 9600
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9005
94 Field Services 7411
95 Field Warehouse 9443
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8050
97 Fishbone Diagram 13977
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26009
99 Flow Through Distribution 11744
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7670
101 FOB Destination 12324
102 Forward buying 29270
103 Freight Charge 9856
104 Freight Consolidation 7089
105 Gantt Chart 7911
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11078
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28520
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12200
109 Hub 22630
110 Idle Time 7633
111 Import/Export License 8207
112 In Bond Shipment 13245
113 Inbound Logistics 12838
114 Interstate System 10592
115 Inventory Costs 51690
116 Inventory in Transit 15744
117 Inventory Management 52979
118 Inventory Planning System 9340
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21480
120 JIT (Just In Time) 39801
121 JIT 2 17964
122 Job Production 25710
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8461
124 Kanban Squares 6389
125 Laid-Down Cost 9611
126 Lean Office 5592
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10594
128 Lee's Notation 8096
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13398
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35361
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8701
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7018
133 Logistics Channel 22221
134 Logistics Costs 25833
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6365
136 Manifest 9879
137 Marks and Numbers 11951
138 Material Planning 33898
139 Materials Management 25660
140 Milk Run 41508
141 Mini Land Bridge 13841
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 8830
143 Modal Split 14561
144 Movement of Goods 18691
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30593
146 North West Corner Method 16407
147 Numeric Distribution 13420
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27773
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47285
150 Operational Efficiency 9388
151 Operational Objectives 12785
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17733
153 Operational Sustainability 26955
154 Operations Management 18953
155 Order Cancellation 10038
156 Order Cycle 17882
157 Order Cycle Time 22768
158 Order Fill Rate 33186
159 Order Fulfillment 6077
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9802
161 Parts Standardization 8828
162 PDCA Cycle 7664
163 Peak Load Pricing 12856
164 Perfect Order 12436
165 Physical Distribution 24147
166 Pick List 9337
167 Pipeline inventory 41426
168 Postponement 14696
169 Process Bottleneck 5769
170 Process Checklist Template 6528
171 Process Yield 19530
172 Product ID 15324
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10023
174 Production Capacity 26295
175 Production Orientation 24914
176 Production Planning 34313
177 Production Related Materials 6996
178 Production Scheduling 34033
179 Purchasing 21521
180 Quality Audit 6611
 
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