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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 9944
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9672
94 Field Services 7834
95 Field Warehouse 11027
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8990
97 Fishbone Diagram 14775
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27352
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8342
101 FOB Destination 13227
102 Forward buying 30431
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11929
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29776
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12848
109 Hub 23651
110 Idle Time 8191
111 Import/Export License 8853
112 In Bond Shipment 14140
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11139
115 Inventory Costs 54105
116 Inventory in Transit 16746
117 Inventory Management 55294
118 Inventory Planning System 10002
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22519
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43463
121 JIT 2 18578
122 Job Production 28281
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9279
124 Kanban Squares 6978
125 Laid-Down Cost 10393
126 Lean Office 6255
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10925
128 Lee's Notation 8669
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14477
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37676
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9446
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7621
133 Logistics Channel 23084
134 Logistics Costs 26894
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10705
137 Marks and Numbers 12822
138 Material Planning 35384
139 Materials Management 26569
140 Milk Run 43397
141 Mini Land Bridge 14566
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9745
143 Modal Split 15614
144 Movement of Goods 19719
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31953
146 North West Corner Method 16984
147 Numeric Distribution 14406
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28770
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48833
150 Operational Efficiency 10069
151 Operational Objectives 13499
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18224
153 Operational Sustainability 28307
154 Operations Management 21120
155 Order Cancellation 10995
156 Order Cycle 18592
157 Order Cycle Time 23695
158 Order Fill Rate 34252
159 Order Fulfillment 6586
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10485
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13485
164 Perfect Order 13440
165 Physical Distribution 25183
166 Pick List 9984
167 Pipeline inventory 42609
168 Postponement 15462
169 Process Bottleneck 6431
170 Process Checklist Template 7025
171 Process Yield 20384
172 Product ID 16077
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10493
174 Production Capacity 28046
175 Production Orientation 25916
176 Production Planning 37123
177 Production Related Materials 7900
178 Production Scheduling 36473
179 Purchasing 23227
180 Quality Audit 7328
181 Quality Control 36946
182 Quality Standards 56939
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14374
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12083
185 Quick Response 11461
186 Raw Material 25808
187 Return Goods Handling 10574
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11666
189 Root Cause Analysis 9348
190 Routing 7110
 
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