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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 9737
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9331
94 Field Services 7669
95 Field Warehouse 9888
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8628
97 Fishbone Diagram 14489
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26810
99 Flow Through Distribution 12191
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8062
101 FOB Destination 12895
102 Forward buying 29907
103 Freight Charge 10227
104 Freight Consolidation 7437
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11598
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29390
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12567
109 Hub 23257
110 Idle Time 7973
111 Import/Export License 8610
112 In Bond Shipment 13776
113 Inbound Logistics 13425
114 Interstate System 10895
115 Inventory Costs 53235
116 Inventory in Transit 16295
117 Inventory Management 54369
118 Inventory Planning System 9699
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22139
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42137
121 JIT 2 18332
122 Job Production 27215
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8935
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10035
126 Lean Office 5937
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10801
128 Lee's Notation 8473
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14052
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36839
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9117
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7365
133 Logistics Channel 22752
134 Logistics Costs 26489
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10416
137 Marks and Numbers 12454
138 Material Planning 34914
139 Materials Management 26223
140 Milk Run 42848
141 Mini Land Bridge 14297
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9392
143 Modal Split 15256
144 Movement of Goods 19310
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31362
146 North West Corner Method 16770
147 Numeric Distribution 14042
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28377
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48171
150 Operational Efficiency 9840
151 Operational Objectives 13242
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18045
153 Operational Sustainability 27727
154 Operations Management 20392
155 Order Cancellation 10672
156 Order Cycle 18330
157 Order Cycle Time 23389
158 Order Fill Rate 33861
159 Order Fulfillment 6390
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10181
161 Parts Standardization 9214
162 PDCA Cycle 7910
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13039
165 Physical Distribution 24784
166 Pick List 9740
167 Pipeline inventory 42194
168 Postponement 15171
169 Process Bottleneck 6188
170 Process Checklist Template 6837
171 Process Yield 20030
172 Product ID 15790
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10300
174 Production Capacity 27439
175 Production Orientation 25461
176 Production Planning 36201
177 Production Related Materials 7550
178 Production Scheduling 35606
179 Purchasing 22531
180 Quality Audit 7057
181 Quality Control 35788
182 Quality Standards 56287
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14056
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11841
185 Quick Response 11140
186 Raw Material 24967
187 Return Goods Handling 10318
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11085
189 Root Cause Analysis 9117
190 Routing 6923
 
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