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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) 38524
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50314
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7771
84 Efficient Frontier 25807
85 Engineer-to-Order 32043
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16878
87 Erlang B Formula 9498
88 ETD 8488
89 Ex Works 7961
90 Exception Rate 13727
91 Exponential smoothing 9969
92 External Growth 10269
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9720
94 Field Services 7859
95 Field Warehouse 11205
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9047
97 Fishbone Diagram 14814
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27420
99 Flow Through Distribution 12522
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8376
101 FOB Destination 13274
102 Forward buying 30502
103 Freight Charge 10550
104 Freight Consolidation 7659
105 Gantt Chart 8416
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11978
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29813
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12900
109 Hub 23696
110 Idle Time 8219
111 Import/Export License 8883
112 In Bond Shipment 14168
113 Inbound Logistics 13794
114 Interstate System 11175
115 Inventory Costs 54231
116 Inventory in Transit 16802
117 Inventory Management 55455
118 Inventory Planning System 10043
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22574
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43642
121 JIT 2 18611
122 Job Production 28426
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9319
124 Kanban Squares 6996
125 Laid-Down Cost 10416
126 Lean Office 6279
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10936
128 Lee's Notation 8696
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14532
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37750
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9492
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7654
133 Logistics Channel 23125
134 Logistics Costs 26942
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6790
136 Manifest 10746
137 Marks and Numbers 12856
138 Material Planning 35465
139 Materials Management 26629
140 Milk Run 43476
141 Mini Land Bridge 14597
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9776
143 Modal Split 15655
144 Movement of Goods 19819
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 32024
146 North West Corner Method 17003
147 Numeric Distribution 14462
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28816
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48922
150 Operational Efficiency 10100
151 Operational Objectives 13522
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18247
153 Operational Sustainability 28376
154 Operations Management 21197
155 Order Cancellation 11035
156 Order Cycle 18635
157 Order Cycle Time 23734
158 Order Fill Rate 34303
159 Order Fulfillment 6617
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10525
161 Parts Standardization 9468
162 PDCA Cycle 8160
163 Peak Load Pricing 13511
164 Perfect Order 13487
165 Physical Distribution 25246
166 Pick List 10017
167 Pipeline inventory 42672
168 Postponement 15495
169 Process Bottleneck 6459
170 Process Checklist Template 7043
171 Process Yield 20427
172 Product ID 16116
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10522
174 Production Capacity 28136
175 Production Orientation 25976
176 Production Planning 37242
177 Production Related Materials 7947
178 Production Scheduling 36571
179 Purchasing 23301
180 Quality Audit 7368
 
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