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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 9879
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9580
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10711
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8868
97 Fishbone Diagram 14680
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27190
99 Flow Through Distribution 12387
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8247
101 FOB Destination 13129
102 Forward buying 30309
103 Freight Charge 10472
104 Freight Consolidation 7586
105 Gantt Chart 8339
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11810
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29678
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12761
109 Hub 23540
110 Idle Time 8127
111 Import/Export License 8792
112 In Bond Shipment 14053
113 Inbound Logistics 13667
114 Interstate System 11077
115 Inventory Costs 53885
116 Inventory in Transit 16616
117 Inventory Management 55031
118 Inventory Planning System 9927
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22391
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43121
121 JIT 2 18510
122 Job Production 27962
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9206
124 Kanban Squares 6900
125 Laid-Down Cost 10286
126 Lean Office 6187
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10893
128 Lee's Notation 8624
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14350
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37457
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9356
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7577
133 Logistics Channel 22998
134 Logistics Costs 26783
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6727
136 Manifest 10615
137 Marks and Numbers 12704
138 Material Planning 35249
139 Materials Management 26468
140 Milk Run 43247
141 Mini Land Bridge 14490
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9650
143 Modal Split 15520
144 Movement of Goods 19579
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31816
146 North West Corner Method 16922
147 Numeric Distribution 14314
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28654
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48631
150 Operational Efficiency 10003
151 Operational Objectives 13429
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18179
153 Operational Sustainability 28176
154 Operations Management 20968
155 Order Cancellation 10909
156 Order Cycle 18523
157 Order Cycle Time 23599
158 Order Fill Rate 34136
159 Order Fulfillment 6526
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10398
161 Parts Standardization 9382
162 PDCA Cycle 8100
163 Peak Load Pricing 13427
164 Perfect Order 13336
165 Physical Distribution 25064
166 Pick List 9909
167 Pipeline inventory 42487
168 Postponement 15360
169 Process Bottleneck 6361
170 Process Checklist Template 6984
171 Process Yield 20306
172 Product ID 15996
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10426
174 Production Capacity 27877
175 Production Orientation 25774
176 Production Planning 36871
177 Production Related Materials 7779
178 Production Scheduling 36271
179 Purchasing 23045
180 Quality Audit 7243
181 Quality Control 36650
182 Quality Standards 56768
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14283
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12018
185 Quick Response 11358
186 Raw Material 25604
187 Return Goods Handling 10493
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11516
189 Root Cause Analysis 9281
190 Routing 7061
 
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