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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 9925
92 External Growth 10205
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9631
94 Field Services 7815
95 Field Warehouse 10914
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8946
97 Fishbone Diagram 14740
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12452
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8306
101 FOB Destination 13195
102 Forward buying 30389
103 Freight Charge 10510
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11884
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29746
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12814
109 Hub 23596
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14105
113 Inbound Logistics 13726
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54035
116 Inventory in Transit 16697
117 Inventory Management 55199
118 Inventory Planning System 9971
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22481
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43323
121 JIT 2 18554
122 Job Production 28175
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9253
124 Kanban Squares 6957
125 Laid-Down Cost 10353
126 Lean Office 6231
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10916
128 Lee's Notation 8647
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14433
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37605
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9418
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23055
134 Logistics Costs 26860
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6756
136 Manifest 10674
137 Marks and Numbers 12783
138 Material Planning 35339
139 Materials Management 26537
140 Milk Run 43349
141 Mini Land Bridge 14545
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9714
143 Modal Split 15580
144 Movement of Goods 19667
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31906
146 North West Corner Method 16963
147 Numeric Distribution 14375
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28731
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48780
150 Operational Efficiency 10049
151 Operational Objectives 13479
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18206
153 Operational Sustainability 28271
154 Operations Management 21072
155 Order Cancellation 10961
156 Order Cycle 18566
157 Order Cycle Time 23659
158 Order Fill Rate 34213
159 Order Fulfillment 6567
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10459
161 Parts Standardization 9416
162 PDCA Cycle 8128
163 Peak Load Pricing 13463
164 Perfect Order 13409
165 Physical Distribution 25147
166 Pick List 9960
167 Pipeline inventory 42564
168 Postponement 15419
169 Process Bottleneck 6404
170 Process Checklist Template 7014
171 Process Yield 20362
172 Product ID 16050
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10463
174 Production Capacity 27994
175 Production Orientation 25867
176 Production Planning 37040
177 Production Related Materials 7872
178 Production Scheduling 36408
179 Purchasing 23170
180 Quality Audit 7292
181 Quality Control 36834
182 Quality Standards 56884
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14341
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12054
185 Quick Response 11423
186 Raw Material 25743
187 Return Goods Handling 10545
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11612
189 Root Cause Analysis 9325
190 Routing 7092
 
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