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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) 38334
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49917
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7668
84 Efficient Frontier 25587
85 Engineer-to-Order 31849
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16633
87 Erlang B Formula 9401
88 ETD 8376
89 Ex Works 7878
90 Exception Rate 13568
91 Exponential smoothing 9872
92 External Growth 10144
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9573
94 Field Services 7780
95 Field Warehouse 10677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8859
97 Fishbone Diagram 14676
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27164
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8238
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30294
103 Freight Charge 10460
104 Freight Consolidation 7579
105 Gantt Chart 8332
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11801
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29669
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12752
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8120
111 Import/Export License 8781
112 In Bond Shipment 14036
113 Inbound Logistics 13658
114 Interstate System 11066
115 Inventory Costs 53854
116 Inventory in Transit 16606
117 Inventory Management 55000
118 Inventory Planning System 9920
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22380
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43093
121 JIT 2 18503
122 Job Production 27919
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9196
124 Kanban Squares 6892
125 Laid-Down Cost 10279
126 Lean Office 6177
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10891
128 Lee's Notation 8617
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14335
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37438
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9346
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7569
133 Logistics Channel 22983
134 Logistics Costs 26761
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10607
137 Marks and Numbers 12694
138 Material Planning 35235
139 Materials Management 26455
140 Milk Run 43230
141 Mini Land Bridge 14480
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9641
143 Modal Split 15504
144 Movement of Goods 19563
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31797
146 North West Corner Method 16913
147 Numeric Distribution 14304
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28642
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48603
150 Operational Efficiency 9997
151 Operational Objectives 13417
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18171
153 Operational Sustainability 28160
154 Operations Management 20952
155 Order Cancellation 10899
156 Order Cycle 18512
157 Order Cycle Time 23588
158 Order Fill Rate 34128
159 Order Fulfillment 6520
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10388
161 Parts Standardization 9375
162 PDCA Cycle 8095
163 Peak Load Pricing 13419
164 Perfect Order 13325
165 Physical Distribution 25048
166 Pick List 9904
167 Pipeline inventory 42470
168 Postponement 15352
169 Process Bottleneck 6352
170 Process Checklist Template 6973
171 Process Yield 20296
172 Product ID 15986
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10418
174 Production Capacity 27850
175 Production Orientation 25763
176 Production Planning 36838
177 Production Related Materials 7762
178 Production Scheduling 36250
179 Purchasing 23020
180 Quality Audit 7235
 
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