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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 9586
92 External Growth 9796
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9182
94 Field Services 7569
95 Field Warehouse 9656
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14278
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26473
99 Flow Through Distribution 12011
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12646
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8092
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11372
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29130
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12403
109 Hub 23002
110 Idle Time 7843
111 Import/Export License 8454
112 In Bond Shipment 13577
113 Inbound Logistics 13174
114 Interstate System 10761
115 Inventory Costs 52651
116 Inventory in Transit 16053
117 Inventory Management 53757
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21865
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41233
121 JIT 2 18186
122 Job Production 26519
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8731
124 Kanban Squares 6592
125 Laid-Down Cost 9870
126 Lean Office 5778
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13776
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36202
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8933
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7225
133 Logistics Channel 22524
134 Logistics Costs 26241
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10202
137 Marks and Numbers 12234
138 Material Planning 34512
139 Materials Management 25992
140 Milk Run 42352
141 Mini Land Bridge 14100
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9148
143 Modal Split 14929
144 Movement of Goods 19089
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31021
146 North West Corner Method 16623
147 Numeric Distribution 13811
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28106
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47796
150 Operational Efficiency 9652
151 Operational Objectives 13088
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17917
153 Operational Sustainability 27437
154 Operations Management 19791
155 Order Cancellation 10379
156 Order Cycle 18137
157 Order Cycle Time 23150
158 Order Fill Rate 33580
159 Order Fulfillment 6263
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10018
161 Parts Standardization 9053
162 PDCA Cycle 7802
163 Peak Load Pricing 13087
164 Perfect Order 12772
165 Physical Distribution 24508
166 Pick List 9577
167 Pipeline inventory 41894
168 Postponement 14997
169 Process Bottleneck 6021
170 Process Checklist Template 6696
171 Process Yield 19839
172 Product ID 15601
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10182
174 Production Capacity 26994
175 Production Orientation 25238
176 Production Planning 35511
177 Production Related Materials 7282
178 Production Scheduling 34989
179 Purchasing 22151
180 Quality Audit 6871
181 Quality Control 34938
182 Quality Standards 55844
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13866
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11682
185 Quick Response 10876
186 Raw Material 24302
187 Return Goods Handling 10171
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10766
189 Root Cause Analysis 8967
190 Routing 6820
 
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