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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) 38023
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49071
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7451
84 Efficient Frontier 25091
85 Engineer-to-Order 31370
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16055
87 Erlang B Formula 9153
88 ETD 8132
89 Ex Works 7709
90 Exception Rate 13215
91 Exponential smoothing 9659
92 External Growth 9867
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9738
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8519
97 Fishbone Diagram 14386
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26639
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7979
101 FOB Destination 12767
102 Forward buying 29807
103 Freight Charge 10145
104 Freight Consolidation 7374
105 Gantt Chart 8151
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11501
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29262
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12479
109 Hub 23132
110 Idle Time 7908
111 Import/Export License 8533
112 In Bond Shipment 13689
113 Inbound Logistics 13291
114 Interstate System 10818
115 Inventory Costs 52955
116 Inventory in Transit 16176
117 Inventory Management 54049
118 Inventory Planning System 9629
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22022
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41689
121 JIT 2 18266
122 Job Production 26880
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8839
124 Kanban Squares 6680
125 Laid-Down Cost 9940
126 Lean Office 5861
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8405
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13919
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36510
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9009
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22635
134 Logistics Costs 26367
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6575
136 Manifest 10314
137 Marks and Numbers 12321
138 Material Planning 34717
139 Materials Management 26099
140 Milk Run 42644
141 Mini Land Bridge 14208
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9282
143 Modal Split 15087
144 Movement of Goods 19198
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31193
146 North West Corner Method 16690
147 Numeric Distribution 13931
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28236
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47993
150 Operational Efficiency 9752
151 Operational Objectives 13165
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17977
153 Operational Sustainability 27594
154 Operations Management 20097
155 Order Cancellation 10517
156 Order Cycle 18232
157 Order Cycle Time 23286
158 Order Fill Rate 33727
159 Order Fulfillment 6334
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10086
161 Parts Standardization 9136
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12910
165 Physical Distribution 24661
166 Pick List 9666
167 Pipeline inventory 42061
168 Postponement 15090
169 Process Bottleneck 6105
170 Process Checklist Template 6747
171 Process Yield 19934
172 Product ID 15702
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10236
174 Production Capacity 27260
175 Production Orientation 25345
176 Production Planning 35876
177 Production Related Materials 7385
178 Production Scheduling 35308
179 Purchasing 22351
180 Quality Audit 6976
 
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