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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 9802
92 External Growth 10034
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10333
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8722
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26957
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12985
102 Forward buying 30029
103 Freight Charge 10292
104 Freight Consolidation 7498
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11692
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29526
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12647
109 Hub 23372
110 Idle Time 8038
111 Import/Export License 8681
112 In Bond Shipment 13897
113 Inbound Logistics 13543
114 Interstate System 10972
115 Inventory Costs 53494
116 Inventory in Transit 16402
117 Inventory Management 54614
118 Inventory Planning System 9752
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22248
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42540
121 JIT 2 18406
122 Job Production 27523
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9022
124 Kanban Squares 6808
125 Laid-Down Cost 10130
126 Lean Office 6004
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10836
128 Lee's Notation 8541
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14175
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37123
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9223
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7410
133 Logistics Channel 22858
134 Logistics Costs 26612
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6663
136 Manifest 10503
137 Marks and Numbers 12571
138 Material Planning 35032
139 Materials Management 26320
140 Milk Run 43043
141 Mini Land Bridge 14385
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9507
143 Modal Split 15375
144 Movement of Goods 19420
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31553
146 North West Corner Method 16833
147 Numeric Distribution 14173
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28497
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48359
150 Operational Efficiency 9911
151 Operational Objectives 13313
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18100
153 Operational Sustainability 27881
154 Operations Management 20603
155 Order Cancellation 10782
156 Order Cycle 18412
157 Order Cycle Time 23471
158 Order Fill Rate 33970
159 Order Fulfillment 6447
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10278
161 Parts Standardization 9281
162 PDCA Cycle 7945
163 Peak Load Pricing 13338
164 Perfect Order 13187
165 Physical Distribution 24885
166 Pick List 9814
167 Pipeline inventory 42321
168 Postponement 15263
169 Process Bottleneck 6257
170 Process Checklist Template 6900
171 Process Yield 20110
172 Product ID 15869
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10347
174 Production Capacity 27644
175 Production Orientation 25598
176 Production Planning 36485
177 Production Related Materials 7656
178 Production Scheduling 35957
179 Purchasing 22717
180 Quality Audit 7132
181 Quality Control 36190
182 Quality Standards 56501
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14156
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11916
185 Quick Response 11224
186 Raw Material 25232
187 Return Goods Handling 10390
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11240
189 Root Cause Analysis 9185
190 Routing 6986
 
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