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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) 37881
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48644
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7362
84 Efficient Frontier 24848
85 Engineer-to-Order 31155
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15819
87 Erlang B Formula 9030
88 ETD 8041
89 Ex Works 7639
90 Exception Rate 13067
91 Exponential smoothing 9566
92 External Growth 9766
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7556
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8349
97 Fishbone Diagram 14241
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26426
99 Flow Through Distribution 11985
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7867
101 FOB Destination 12608
102 Forward buying 29626
103 Freight Charge 10051
104 Freight Consolidation 7270
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11341
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29043
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12382
109 Hub 22961
110 Idle Time 7819
111 Import/Export License 8418
112 In Bond Shipment 13536
113 Inbound Logistics 13146
114 Interstate System 10747
115 Inventory Costs 52511
116 Inventory in Transit 16022
117 Inventory Management 53658
118 Inventory Planning System 9535
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21820
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41035
121 JIT 2 18168
122 Job Production 26397
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8701
124 Kanban Squares 6571
125 Laid-Down Cost 9841
126 Lean Office 5759
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10708
128 Lee's Notation 8300
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13728
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36081
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8914
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7212
133 Logistics Channel 22490
134 Logistics Costs 26203
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6508
136 Manifest 10173
137 Marks and Numbers 12201
138 Material Planning 34445
139 Materials Management 25963
140 Milk Run 42269
141 Mini Land Bridge 14069
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9114
143 Modal Split 14884
144 Movement of Goods 19049
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30967
146 North West Corner Method 16603
147 Numeric Distribution 13761
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28063
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47734
150 Operational Efficiency 9621
151 Operational Objectives 13056
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17897
153 Operational Sustainability 27382
154 Operations Management 19696
155 Order Cancellation 10341
156 Order Cycle 18111
157 Order Cycle Time 23086
158 Order Fill Rate 33539
159 Order Fulfillment 6242
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9997
161 Parts Standardization 9030
162 PDCA Cycle 7789
163 Peak Load Pricing 13061
164 Perfect Order 12740
165 Physical Distribution 24465
166 Pick List 9551
167 Pipeline inventory 41832
168 Postponement 14958
169 Process Bottleneck 5987
170 Process Checklist Template 6675
171 Process Yield 19808
172 Product ID 15571
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10162
174 Production Capacity 26907
175 Production Orientation 25204
176 Production Planning 35367
177 Production Related Materials 7249
178 Production Scheduling 34872
179 Purchasing 22085
180 Quality Audit 6840
 
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