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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 9617
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9215
94 Field Services 7585
95 Field Warehouse 9695
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8439
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26543
99 Flow Through Distribution 12055
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7930
101 FOB Destination 12691
102 Forward buying 29736
103 Freight Charge 10106
104 Freight Consolidation 7331
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11431
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29195
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12433
109 Hub 23063
110 Idle Time 7871
111 Import/Export License 8489
112 In Bond Shipment 13625
113 Inbound Logistics 13228
114 Interstate System 10782
115 Inventory Costs 52788
116 Inventory in Transit 16110
117 Inventory Management 53881
118 Inventory Planning System 9591
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21940
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41439
121 JIT 2 18219
122 Job Production 26674
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8772
124 Kanban Squares 6628
125 Laid-Down Cost 9898
126 Lean Office 5812
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10743
128 Lee's Notation 8365
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13839
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36331
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8964
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7280
133 Logistics Channel 22574
134 Logistics Costs 26297
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6542
136 Manifest 10247
137 Marks and Numbers 12268
138 Material Planning 34592
139 Materials Management 26040
140 Milk Run 42469
141 Mini Land Bridge 14144
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9205
143 Modal Split 14995
144 Movement of Goods 19141
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31084
146 North West Corner Method 16654
147 Numeric Distribution 13859
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28156
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47873
150 Operational Efficiency 9692
151 Operational Objectives 13117
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17939
153 Operational Sustainability 27513
154 Operations Management 19913
155 Order Cancellation 10428
156 Order Cycle 18176
157 Order Cycle Time 23202
158 Order Fill Rate 33649
159 Order Fulfillment 6293
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10048
161 Parts Standardization 9084
162 PDCA Cycle 7823
163 Peak Load Pricing 13141
164 Perfect Order 12838
165 Physical Distribution 24572
166 Pick List 9618
167 Pipeline inventory 41961
168 Postponement 15038
169 Process Bottleneck 6057
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19879
172 Product ID 15641
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10195
174 Production Capacity 27130
175 Production Orientation 25283
176 Production Planning 35670
177 Production Related Materials 7325
178 Production Scheduling 35121
179 Purchasing 22238
180 Quality Audit 6923
181 Quality Control 35128
182 Quality Standards 55943
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13909
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11718
185 Quick Response 10930
186 Raw Material 24462
187 Return Goods Handling 10198
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10839
189 Root Cause Analysis 8997
190 Routing 6836
 
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