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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) 38528
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50326
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7774
84 Efficient Frontier 25812
85 Engineer-to-Order 32050
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16886
87 Erlang B Formula 9501
88 ETD 8491
89 Ex Works 7963
90 Exception Rate 13731
91 Exponential smoothing 9971
92 External Growth 10273
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9723
94 Field Services 7865
95 Field Warehouse 11219
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 9051
97 Fishbone Diagram 14817
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27432
99 Flow Through Distribution 12526
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8383
101 FOB Destination 13275
102 Forward buying 30507
103 Freight Charge 10556
104 Freight Consolidation 7661
105 Gantt Chart 8418
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11980
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29815
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12902
109 Hub 23704
110 Idle Time 8225
111 Import/Export License 8886
112 In Bond Shipment 14173
113 Inbound Logistics 13798
114 Interstate System 11176
115 Inventory Costs 54239
116 Inventory in Transit 16804
117 Inventory Management 55462
118 Inventory Planning System 10045
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22583
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43656
121 JIT 2 18614
122 Job Production 28435
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9321
124 Kanban Squares 6997
125 Laid-Down Cost 10419
126 Lean Office 6282
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10939
128 Lee's Notation 8697
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14536
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37760
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9497
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7656
133 Logistics Channel 23128
134 Logistics Costs 26944
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6792
136 Manifest 10748
137 Marks and Numbers 12857
138 Material Planning 35470
139 Materials Management 26630
140 Milk Run 43482
141 Mini Land Bridge 14599
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9780
143 Modal Split 15657
144 Movement of Goods 19831
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 32032
146 North West Corner Method 17006
147 Numeric Distribution 14465
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28820
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48927
150 Operational Efficiency 10103
151 Operational Objectives 13523
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18250
153 Operational Sustainability 28381
154 Operations Management 21202
155 Order Cancellation 11038
156 Order Cycle 18636
157 Order Cycle Time 23738
158 Order Fill Rate 34309
159 Order Fulfillment 6621
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10527
161 Parts Standardization 9470
162 PDCA Cycle 8163
163 Peak Load Pricing 13514
164 Perfect Order 13491
165 Physical Distribution 25250
166 Pick List 10019
167 Pipeline inventory 42677
168 Postponement 15496
169 Process Bottleneck 6460
170 Process Checklist Template 7045
171 Process Yield 20433
172 Product ID 16120
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10528
174 Production Capacity 28141
175 Production Orientation 25979
176 Production Planning 37246
177 Production Related Materials 7951
178 Production Scheduling 36583
179 Purchasing 23308
180 Quality Audit 7370
 
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