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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) 38425
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50117
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7720
84 Efficient Frontier 25700
85 Engineer-to-Order 31949
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16761
87 Erlang B Formula 9459
88 ETD 8429
89 Ex Works 7922
90 Exception Rate 13653
91 Exponential smoothing 9926
92 External Growth 10207
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9633
94 Field Services 7816
95 Field Warehouse 10918
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8949
97 Fishbone Diagram 14742
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8308
101 FOB Destination 13197
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11886
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12815
109 Hub 23600
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14105
113 Inbound Logistics 13726
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54039
116 Inventory in Transit 16700
117 Inventory Management 55202
118 Inventory Planning System 9973
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22484
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43330
121 JIT 2 18555
122 Job Production 28182
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9253
124 Kanban Squares 6958
125 Laid-Down Cost 10354
126 Lean Office 6233
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8647
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14435
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37608
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9419
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23056
134 Logistics Costs 26862
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6757
136 Manifest 10677
137 Marks and Numbers 12783
138 Material Planning 35340
139 Materials Management 26539
140 Milk Run 43351
141 Mini Land Bridge 14547
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9716
143 Modal Split 15582
144 Movement of Goods 19668
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31908
146 North West Corner Method 16963
147 Numeric Distribution 14379
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28732
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48781
150 Operational Efficiency 10049
151 Operational Objectives 13479
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18207
153 Operational Sustainability 28273
154 Operations Management 21078
155 Order Cancellation 10965
156 Order Cycle 18566
157 Order Cycle Time 23663
158 Order Fill Rate 34214
159 Order Fulfillment 6567
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10459
161 Parts Standardization 9416
162 PDCA Cycle 8130
163 Peak Load Pricing 13465
164 Perfect Order 13411
165 Physical Distribution 25150
166 Pick List 9961
167 Pipeline inventory 42568
168 Postponement 15422
169 Process Bottleneck 6405
170 Process Checklist Template 7014
171 Process Yield 20363
172 Product ID 16051
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10465
174 Production Capacity 27998
175 Production Orientation 25871
176 Production Planning 37043
177 Production Related Materials 7873
178 Production Scheduling 36412
179 Purchasing 23174
180 Quality Audit 7293
 
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