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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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91 Exponential smoothing 8055
92 External Growth 8166
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7584
94 Field Services 6198
95 Field Warehouse 7866
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5530
97 Fishbone Diagram 12434
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22258
99 Flow Through Distribution 10160
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6184
101 FOB Destination 10112
102 Forward buying 27102
103 Freight Charge 8783
104 Freight Consolidation 5895
105 Gantt Chart 6946
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9121
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26139
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10818
109 Hub 20478
110 Idle Time 6520
111 Import/Export License 6751
112 In Bond Shipment 11607
113 Inbound Logistics 11392
114 Interstate System 9437
115 Inventory Costs 45468
116 Inventory in Transit 13386
117 Inventory Management 45729
118 Inventory Planning System 7623
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19249
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32240
121 JIT 2 16766
122 Job Production 19502
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7198
124 Kanban Squares 5340
125 Laid-Down Cost 8174
126 Lean Office 4763
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9751
128 Lee's Notation 6570
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 11004
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32166
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 7087
132 Linear and Logistics Model 5940
133 Logistics Channel 20133
134 Logistics Costs 23666
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 5360
136 Manifest 8106
137 Marks and Numbers 9955
138 Material Planning 29109
139 Materials Management 23057
140 Milk Run 37124
141 Mini Land Bridge 12450
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 7786
143 Modal Split 12599
144 Movement of Goods 15946
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 27575
146 North West Corner Method 15165
147 Numeric Distribution 11125
148 One Level Distribution Channel 25295
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 44019
150 Operational Efficiency 8287
151 Operational Objectives 11541
152 Operational Performance Measurements 16395
153 Operational Sustainability 24453
154 Operations Management 14161
155 Order Cancellation 8342
156 Order Cycle 16625
157 Order Cycle Time 21096
158 Order Fill Rate 31357
159 Order Fulfillment 5062
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 8679
161 Parts Standardization 7737
162 PDCA Cycle 6719
163 Peak Load Pricing 11868
164 Perfect Order 10717
165 Physical Distribution 21761
166 Pick List 8092
167 Pipeline inventory 38840
168 Postponement 13267
169 Process Bottleneck 4975
170 Process Checklist Template 5766
171 Process Yield 17434
172 Product ID 13805
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 9053
174 Production Capacity 21127
175 Production Orientation 22655
176 Production Planning 27246
177 Production Related Materials 5504
178 Production Scheduling 28436
179 Purchasing 17535
180 Quality Audit 5365
181 Quality Control 24253
182 Quality Standards 50636
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 11972
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 9960
185 Quick Response 8672
186 Raw Material 16917
187 Return Goods Handling 8827
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 8190
189 Root Cause Analysis 7083
190 Routing 5692
 
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