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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 9763
92 External Growth 9988
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7693
95 Field Warehouse 10077
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8671
97 Fishbone Diagram 14522
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26868
99 Flow Through Distribution 12229
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8091
101 FOB Destination 12941
102 Forward buying 29961
103 Freight Charge 10254
104 Freight Consolidation 7465
105 Gantt Chart 8230
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11638
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29453
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12602
109 Hub 23301
110 Idle Time 7998
111 Import/Export License 8644
112 In Bond Shipment 13826
113 Inbound Logistics 13475
114 Interstate System 10930
115 Inventory Costs 53350
116 Inventory in Transit 16335
117 Inventory Management 54482
118 Inventory Planning System 9724
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22191
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42316
121 JIT 2 18365
122 Job Production 27340
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8971
124 Kanban Squares 6769
125 Laid-Down Cost 10071
126 Lean Office 5964
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10814
128 Lee's Notation 8504
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14108
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36959
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9163
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7382
133 Logistics Channel 22797
134 Logistics Costs 26538
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6633
136 Manifest 10458
137 Marks and Numbers 12512
138 Material Planning 34967
139 Materials Management 26265
140 Milk Run 42933
141 Mini Land Bridge 14331
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9444
143 Modal Split 15314
144 Movement of Goods 19358
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31429
146 North West Corner Method 16800
147 Numeric Distribution 14108
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28432
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48252
150 Operational Efficiency 9870
151 Operational Objectives 13273
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18074
153 Operational Sustainability 27793
154 Operations Management 20497
155 Order Cancellation 10726
156 Order Cycle 18363
157 Order Cycle Time 23419
158 Order Fill Rate 33908
159 Order Fulfillment 6416
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10217
161 Parts Standardization 9241
162 PDCA Cycle 7925
163 Peak Load Pricing 13297
164 Perfect Order 13103
165 Physical Distribution 24828
166 Pick List 9772
167 Pipeline inventory 42251
168 Postponement 15214
169 Process Bottleneck 6222
170 Process Checklist Template 6864
171 Process Yield 20065
172 Product ID 15824
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10324
174 Production Capacity 27522
175 Production Orientation 25525
176 Production Planning 36319
177 Production Related Materials 7601
178 Production Scheduling 35763
179 Purchasing 22606
180 Quality Audit 7085
181 Quality Control 35957
182 Quality Standards 56378
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14087
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11875
185 Quick Response 11180
186 Raw Material 25091
187 Return Goods Handling 10347
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11152
189 Root Cause Analysis 9145
190 Routing 6951
 
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