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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 9776
92 External Growth 10010
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9373
94 Field Services 7704
95 Field Warehouse 10180
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8691
97 Fishbone Diagram 14541
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26901
99 Flow Through Distribution 12245
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
101 FOB Destination 12957
102 Forward buying 29984
103 Freight Charge 10267
104 Freight Consolidation 7480
105 Gantt Chart 8246
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11656
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29478
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12621
109 Hub 23327
110 Idle Time 8010
111 Import/Export License 8657
112 In Bond Shipment 13854
113 Inbound Logistics 13496
114 Interstate System 10946
115 Inventory Costs 53400
116 Inventory in Transit 16359
117 Inventory Management 54532
118 Inventory Planning System 9733
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22215
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42397
121 JIT 2 18382
122 Job Production 27404
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8991
124 Kanban Squares 6784
125 Laid-Down Cost 10095
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8516
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14128
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37031
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9187
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7396
133 Logistics Channel 22817
134 Logistics Costs 26560
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6644
136 Manifest 10476
137 Marks and Numbers 12540
138 Material Planning 34992
139 Materials Management 26291
140 Milk Run 42974
141 Mini Land Bridge 14354
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9472
143 Modal Split 15338
144 Movement of Goods 19379
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31468
146 North West Corner Method 16811
147 Numeric Distribution 14132
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28456
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48295
150 Operational Efficiency 9887
151 Operational Objectives 13288
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18083
153 Operational Sustainability 27823
154 Operations Management 20533
155 Order Cancellation 10745
156 Order Cycle 18378
157 Order Cycle Time 23437
158 Order Fill Rate 33935
159 Order Fulfillment 6431
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10240
161 Parts Standardization 9262
162 PDCA Cycle 7935
163 Peak Load Pricing 13313
164 Perfect Order 13131
165 Physical Distribution 24844
166 Pick List 9788
167 Pipeline inventory 42277
168 Postponement 15231
169 Process Bottleneck 6239
170 Process Checklist Template 6879
171 Process Yield 20079
172 Product ID 15838
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10334
174 Production Capacity 27568
175 Production Orientation 25554
176 Production Planning 36381
177 Production Related Materials 7620
178 Production Scheduling 35855
179 Purchasing 22642
180 Quality Audit 7101
181 Quality Control 36044
182 Quality Standards 56426
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14118
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11889
185 Quick Response 11202
186 Raw Material 25146
187 Return Goods Handling 10366
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11182
189 Root Cause Analysis 9160
190 Routing 6961
 
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