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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) 37971
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48922
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7423
84 Efficient Frontier 25002
85 Engineer-to-Order 31287
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15981
87 Erlang B Formula 9113
88 ETD 8102
89 Ex Works 7680
90 Exception Rate 13168
91 Exponential smoothing 9623
92 External Growth 9836
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7591
95 Field Warehouse 9701
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8458
97 Fishbone Diagram 14324
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26558
99 Flow Through Distribution 12066
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7943
101 FOB Destination 12701
102 Forward buying 29744
103 Freight Charge 10113
104 Freight Consolidation 7341
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29209
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23075
110 Idle Time 7876
111 Import/Export License 8498
112 In Bond Shipment 13634
113 Inbound Logistics 13240
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52812
116 Inventory in Transit 16121
117 Inventory Management 53909
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21954
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41482
121 JIT 2 18226
122 Job Production 26718
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8783
124 Kanban Squares 6636
125 Laid-Down Cost 9907
126 Lean Office 5817
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10748
128 Lee's Notation 8372
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13853
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36353
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8974
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7283
133 Logistics Channel 22585
134 Logistics Costs 26308
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6550
136 Manifest 10258
137 Marks and Numbers 12273
138 Material Planning 34610
139 Materials Management 26046
140 Milk Run 42496
141 Mini Land Bridge 14153
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9220
143 Modal Split 15008
144 Movement of Goods 19149
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31103
146 North West Corner Method 16660
147 Numeric Distribution 13875
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28170
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47890
150 Operational Efficiency 9703
151 Operational Objectives 13128
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17946
153 Operational Sustainability 27529
154 Operations Management 19947
155 Order Cancellation 10444
156 Order Cycle 18185
157 Order Cycle Time 23217
158 Order Fill Rate 33663
159 Order Fulfillment 6298
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9091
162 PDCA Cycle 7828
163 Peak Load Pricing 13151
164 Perfect Order 12847
165 Physical Distribution 24587
166 Pick List 9624
167 Pipeline inventory 41976
168 Postponement 15045
169 Process Bottleneck 6064
170 Process Checklist Template 6721
171 Process Yield 19887
172 Product ID 15648
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10203
174 Production Capacity 27153
175 Production Orientation 25288
176 Production Planning 35701
177 Production Related Materials 7334
178 Production Scheduling 35150
179 Purchasing 22259
180 Quality Audit 6930
 
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