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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) 38448
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50167
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7736
84 Efficient Frontier 25730
85 Engineer-to-Order 31973
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16800
87 Erlang B Formula 9469
88 ETD 8447
89 Ex Works 7931
90 Exception Rate 13670
91 Exponential smoothing 9938
92 External Growth 10230
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9658
94 Field Services 7829
95 Field Warehouse 10979
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8975
97 Fishbone Diagram 14763
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27328
99 Flow Through Distribution 12476
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8326
101 FOB Destination 13218
102 Forward buying 30412
103 Freight Charge 10520
104 Freight Consolidation 7629
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11910
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29766
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23630
110 Idle Time 8183
111 Import/Export License 8847
112 In Bond Shipment 14127
113 Inbound Logistics 13750
114 Interstate System 11133
115 Inventory Costs 54089
116 Inventory in Transit 16730
117 Inventory Management 55257
118 Inventory Planning System 9991
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22508
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43411
121 JIT 2 18570
122 Job Production 28243
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9272
124 Kanban Squares 6970
125 Laid-Down Cost 10375
126 Lean Office 6251
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8660
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14462
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37657
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9438
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7619
133 Logistics Channel 23071
134 Logistics Costs 26878
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10696
137 Marks and Numbers 12805
138 Material Planning 35374
139 Materials Management 26560
140 Milk Run 43379
141 Mini Land Bridge 14561
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9736
143 Modal Split 15605
144 Movement of Goods 19701
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31937
146 North West Corner Method 16980
147 Numeric Distribution 14398
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28760
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48811
150 Operational Efficiency 10062
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18218
153 Operational Sustainability 28293
154 Operations Management 21105
155 Order Cancellation 10987
156 Order Cycle 18587
157 Order Cycle Time 23682
158 Order Fill Rate 34230
159 Order Fulfillment 6578
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10478
161 Parts Standardization 9432
162 PDCA Cycle 8138
163 Peak Load Pricing 13478
164 Perfect Order 13431
165 Physical Distribution 25171
166 Pick List 9976
167 Pipeline inventory 42603
168 Postponement 15453
169 Process Bottleneck 6423
170 Process Checklist Template 7022
171 Process Yield 20375
172 Product ID 16068
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10484
174 Production Capacity 28028
175 Production Orientation 25897
176 Production Planning 37091
177 Production Related Materials 7892
178 Production Scheduling 36452
179 Purchasing 23204
180 Quality Audit 7318
 
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