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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 9522
92 External Growth 9739
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9134
94 Field Services 7527
95 Field Warehouse 9587
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8303
97 Fishbone Diagram 14204
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26355
99 Flow Through Distribution 11949
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7832
101 FOB Destination 12554
102 Forward buying 29567
103 Freight Charge 10023
104 Freight Consolidation 7229
105 Gantt Chart 8049
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11302
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28953
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12359
109 Hub 22912
110 Idle Time 7784
111 Import/Export License 8383
112 In Bond Shipment 13476
113 Inbound Logistics 13084
114 Interstate System 10729
115 Inventory Costs 52375
116 Inventory in Transit 15973
117 Inventory Management 53549
118 Inventory Planning System 9502
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21758
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40810
121 JIT 2 18130
122 Job Production 26281
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8658
124 Kanban Squares 6537
125 Laid-Down Cost 9807
126 Lean Office 5725
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10689
128 Lee's Notation 8258
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13670
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35943
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8869
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7178
133 Logistics Channel 22451
134 Logistics Costs 26130
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6488
136 Manifest 10129
137 Marks and Numbers 12155
138 Material Planning 34341
139 Materials Management 25915
140 Milk Run 42147
141 Mini Land Bridge 14035
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9065
143 Modal Split 14829
144 Movement of Goods 18978
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30899
146 North West Corner Method 16568
147 Numeric Distribution 13705
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28008
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47656
150 Operational Efficiency 9587
151 Operational Objectives 13020
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17875
153 Operational Sustainability 27302
154 Operations Management 19566
155 Order Cancellation 10287
156 Order Cycle 18074
157 Order Cycle Time 23004
158 Order Fill Rate 33488
159 Order Fulfillment 6212
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9959
161 Parts Standardization 9006
162 PDCA Cycle 7772
163 Peak Load Pricing 13023
164 Perfect Order 12681
165 Physical Distribution 24395
166 Pick List 9518
167 Pipeline inventory 41748
168 Postponement 14914
169 Process Bottleneck 5955
170 Process Checklist Template 6653
171 Process Yield 19761
172 Product ID 15529
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10141
174 Production Capacity 26802
175 Production Orientation 25161
176 Production Planning 35196
177 Production Related Materials 7202
178 Production Scheduling 34718
179 Purchasing 22001
180 Quality Audit 6798
181 Quality Control 34517
182 Quality Standards 55649
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13790
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11619
185 Quick Response 10785
186 Raw Material 23975
187 Return Goods Handling 10131
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10623
189 Root Cause Analysis 8913
190 Routing 6782
 
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