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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 9864
92 External Growth 10135
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7774
95 Field Warehouse 10646
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14664
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27153
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8228
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30273
103 Freight Charge 10452
104 Freight Consolidation 7576
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11788
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29657
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12744
109 Hub 23509
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8772
112 In Bond Shipment 14025
113 Inbound Logistics 13645
114 Interstate System 11053
115 Inventory Costs 53825
116 Inventory in Transit 16593
117 Inventory Management 54974
118 Inventory Planning System 9911
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22364
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43047
121 JIT 2 18494
122 Job Production 27882
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9186
124 Kanban Squares 6880
125 Laid-Down Cost 10261
126 Lean Office 6165
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10886
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14323
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37419
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9338
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7561
133 Logistics Channel 22973
134 Logistics Costs 26750
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6719
136 Manifest 10593
137 Marks and Numbers 12683
138 Material Planning 35214
139 Materials Management 26439
140 Milk Run 43210
141 Mini Land Bridge 14468
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9627
143 Modal Split 15497
144 Movement of Goods 19551
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31776
146 North West Corner Method 16907
147 Numeric Distribution 14293
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28629
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48581
150 Operational Efficiency 9989
151 Operational Objectives 13411
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18161
153 Operational Sustainability 28148
154 Operations Management 20935
155 Order Cancellation 10890
156 Order Cycle 18503
157 Order Cycle Time 23580
158 Order Fill Rate 34110
159 Order Fulfillment 6510
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10375
161 Parts Standardization 9363
162 PDCA Cycle 8086
163 Peak Load Pricing 13408
164 Perfect Order 13312
165 Physical Distribution 25035
166 Pick List 9897
167 Pipeline inventory 42457
168 Postponement 15344
169 Process Bottleneck 6341
170 Process Checklist Template 6966
171 Process Yield 20284
172 Product ID 15975
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10410
174 Production Capacity 27832
175 Production Orientation 25749
176 Production Planning 36805
177 Production Related Materials 7752
178 Production Scheduling 36227
179 Purchasing 22999
180 Quality Audit 7224
181 Quality Control 36573
182 Quality Standards 56724
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14266
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11996
185 Quick Response 11329
186 Raw Material 25554
187 Return Goods Handling 10472
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11479
189 Root Cause Analysis 9265
190 Routing 7049
 
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