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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) 37905
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48710
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7373
84 Efficient Frontier 24888
85 Engineer-to-Order 31190
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15858
87 Erlang B Formula 9045
88 ETD 8053
89 Ex Works 7649
90 Exception Rate 13090
91 Exponential smoothing 9577
92 External Growth 9786
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9173
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9645
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8371
97 Fishbone Diagram 14265
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26457
99 Flow Through Distribution 11998
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7884
101 FOB Destination 12632
102 Forward buying 29659
103 Freight Charge 10063
104 Freight Consolidation 7282
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11357
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29112
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12394
109 Hub 22988
110 Idle Time 7832
111 Import/Export License 8439
112 In Bond Shipment 13563
113 Inbound Logistics 13167
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52602
116 Inventory in Transit 16043
117 Inventory Management 53713
118 Inventory Planning System 9545
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21840
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41152
121 JIT 2 18180
122 Job Production 26467
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8719
124 Kanban Squares 6583
125 Laid-Down Cost 9859
126 Lean Office 5772
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10716
128 Lee's Notation 8325
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13755
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36167
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8924
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7218
133 Logistics Channel 22513
134 Logistics Costs 26227
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6515
136 Manifest 10193
137 Marks and Numbers 12222
138 Material Planning 34493
139 Materials Management 25981
140 Milk Run 42325
141 Mini Land Bridge 14090
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9137
143 Modal Split 14909
144 Movement of Goods 19071
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30999
146 North West Corner Method 16615
147 Numeric Distribution 13796
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28088
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47772
150 Operational Efficiency 9638
151 Operational Objectives 13071
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17907
153 Operational Sustainability 27413
154 Operations Management 19755
155 Order Cancellation 10362
156 Order Cycle 18126
157 Order Cycle Time 23137
158 Order Fill Rate 33561
159 Order Fulfillment 6256
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10009
161 Parts Standardization 9041
162 PDCA Cycle 7794
163 Peak Load Pricing 13075
164 Perfect Order 12756
165 Physical Distribution 24493
166 Pick List 9566
167 Pipeline inventory 41873
168 Postponement 14981
169 Process Bottleneck 6004
170 Process Checklist Template 6688
171 Process Yield 19833
172 Product ID 15587
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10173
174 Production Capacity 26964
175 Production Orientation 25227
176 Production Planning 35450
177 Production Related Materials 7267
178 Production Scheduling 34942
179 Purchasing 22127
180 Quality Audit 6855
 
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