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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 9565
92 External Growth 9765
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7552
95 Field Warehouse 9627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8347
97 Fishbone Diagram 14239
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26422
99 Flow Through Distribution 11985
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7864
101 FOB Destination 12606
102 Forward buying 29625
103 Freight Charge 10048
104 Freight Consolidation 7266
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11339
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29037
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12378
109 Hub 22957
110 Idle Time 7817
111 Import/Export License 8417
112 In Bond Shipment 13531
113 Inbound Logistics 13142
114 Interstate System 10746
115 Inventory Costs 52507
116 Inventory in Transit 16020
117 Inventory Management 53647
118 Inventory Planning System 9533
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21818
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41023
121 JIT 2 18164
122 Job Production 26390
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8698
124 Kanban Squares 6569
125 Laid-Down Cost 9841
126 Lean Office 5756
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10708
128 Lee's Notation 8297
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13723
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36073
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8909
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7211
133 Logistics Channel 22486
134 Logistics Costs 26199
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6507
136 Manifest 10169
137 Marks and Numbers 12198
138 Material Planning 34444
139 Materials Management 25961
140 Milk Run 42264
141 Mini Land Bridge 14067
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9111
143 Modal Split 14882
144 Movement of Goods 19046
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30963
146 North West Corner Method 16599
147 Numeric Distribution 13760
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28058
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47729
150 Operational Efficiency 9619
151 Operational Objectives 13052
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17895
153 Operational Sustainability 27380
154 Operations Management 19687
155 Order Cancellation 10339
156 Order Cycle 18110
157 Order Cycle Time 23080
158 Order Fill Rate 33537
159 Order Fulfillment 6241
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9996
161 Parts Standardization 9027
162 PDCA Cycle 7787
163 Peak Load Pricing 13057
164 Perfect Order 12737
165 Physical Distribution 24460
166 Pick List 9549
167 Pipeline inventory 41830
168 Postponement 14954
169 Process Bottleneck 5983
170 Process Checklist Template 6674
171 Process Yield 19806
172 Product ID 15567
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10161
174 Production Capacity 26901
175 Production Orientation 25202
176 Production Planning 35351
177 Production Related Materials 7249
178 Production Scheduling 34862
179 Purchasing 22081
180 Quality Audit 6838
181 Quality Control 34745
182 Quality Standards 55751
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13829
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11656
185 Quick Response 10837
186 Raw Material 24137
187 Return Goods Handling 10153
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10698
189 Root Cause Analysis 8942
190 Routing 6804
 
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