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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) 38119
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49312
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25247
85 Engineer-to-Order 31520
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16202
87 Erlang B Formula 9232
88 ETD 8217
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9732
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9323
94 Field Services 7662
95 Field Warehouse 9859
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8618
97 Fishbone Diagram 14482
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26795
99 Flow Through Distribution 12180
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8055
101 FOB Destination 12886
102 Forward buying 29900
103 Freight Charge 10220
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11589
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29381
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12560
109 Hub 23245
110 Idle Time 7968
111 Import/Export License 8606
112 In Bond Shipment 13772
113 Inbound Logistics 13417
114 Interstate System 10891
115 Inventory Costs 53210
116 Inventory in Transit 16287
117 Inventory Management 54344
118 Inventory Planning System 9693
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22127
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42090
121 JIT 2 18327
122 Job Production 27184
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8931
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10030
126 Lean Office 5931
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10796
128 Lee's Notation 8469
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14041
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36811
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9111
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7363
133 Logistics Channel 22744
134 Logistics Costs 26476
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10409
137 Marks and Numbers 12445
138 Material Planning 34896
139 Materials Management 26212
140 Milk Run 42835
141 Mini Land Bridge 14288
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9383
143 Modal Split 15247
144 Movement of Goods 19302
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31347
146 North West Corner Method 16766
147 Numeric Distribution 14027
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28363
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48159
150 Operational Efficiency 9833
151 Operational Objectives 13239
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18040
153 Operational Sustainability 27712
154 Operations Management 20356
155 Order Cancellation 10663
156 Order Cycle 18324
157 Order Cycle Time 23382
158 Order Fill Rate 33845
159 Order Fulfillment 6387
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10172
161 Parts Standardization 9211
162 PDCA Cycle 7907
163 Peak Load Pricing 13266
164 Perfect Order 13029
165 Physical Distribution 24775
166 Pick List 9731
167 Pipeline inventory 42182
168 Postponement 15160
169 Process Bottleneck 6183
170 Process Checklist Template 6833
171 Process Yield 20023
172 Product ID 15783
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10294
174 Production Capacity 27423
175 Production Orientation 25452
176 Production Planning 36173
177 Production Related Materials 7541
178 Production Scheduling 35577
179 Purchasing 22505
180 Quality Audit 7053
 
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