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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) 37962
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48886
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7412
84 Efficient Frontier 24986
85 Engineer-to-Order 31265
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15969
87 Erlang B Formula 9102
88 ETD 8091
89 Ex Works 7675
90 Exception Rate 13156
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9694
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8437
97 Fishbone Diagram 14310
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26540
99 Flow Through Distribution 12054
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7929
101 FOB Destination 12688
102 Forward buying 29730
103 Freight Charge 10105
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11427
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29191
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23060
110 Idle Time 7870
111 Import/Export License 8488
112 In Bond Shipment 13619
113 Inbound Logistics 13226
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52783
116 Inventory in Transit 16107
117 Inventory Management 53871
118 Inventory Planning System 9587
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21934
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41424
121 JIT 2 18218
122 Job Production 26666
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8771
124 Kanban Squares 6626
125 Laid-Down Cost 9896
126 Lean Office 5811
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10742
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13834
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36325
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8963
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7278
133 Logistics Channel 22570
134 Logistics Costs 26292
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6542
136 Manifest 10246
137 Marks and Numbers 12266
138 Material Planning 34588
139 Materials Management 26037
140 Milk Run 42465
141 Mini Land Bridge 14140
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9201
143 Modal Split 14993
144 Movement of Goods 19138
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31079
146 North West Corner Method 16653
147 Numeric Distribution 13857
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28154
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47871
150 Operational Efficiency 9690
151 Operational Objectives 13116
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17939
153 Operational Sustainability 27510
154 Operations Management 19905
155 Order Cancellation 10424
156 Order Cycle 18174
157 Order Cycle Time 23200
158 Order Fill Rate 33647
159 Order Fulfillment 6293
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10048
161 Parts Standardization 9083
162 PDCA Cycle 7822
163 Peak Load Pricing 13136
164 Perfect Order 12834
165 Physical Distribution 24569
166 Pick List 9614
167 Pipeline inventory 41958
168 Postponement 15036
169 Process Bottleneck 6056
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19876
172 Product ID 15640
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10195
174 Production Capacity 27125
175 Production Orientation 25278
176 Production Planning 35665
177 Production Related Materials 7323
178 Production Scheduling 35115
179 Purchasing 22234
180 Quality Audit 6918
 
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