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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 9683
92 External Growth 9885
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9274
94 Field Services 7634
95 Field Warehouse 9758
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8549
97 Fishbone Diagram 14416
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26692
99 Flow Through Distribution 12132
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
101 FOB Destination 12808
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10169
104 Freight Consolidation 7392
105 Gantt Chart 8171
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11528
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12505
109 Hub 23170
110 Idle Time 7928
111 Import/Export License 8559
112 In Bond Shipment 13715
113 Inbound Logistics 13333
114 Interstate System 10836
115 Inventory Costs 53051
116 Inventory in Transit 16216
117 Inventory Management 54143
118 Inventory Planning System 9651
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22062
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41814
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26966
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8868
124 Kanban Squares 6700
125 Laid-Down Cost 9963
126 Lean Office 5880
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10773
128 Lee's Notation 8427
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13957
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36590
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9037
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7328
133 Logistics Channel 22668
134 Logistics Costs 26409
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6586
136 Manifest 10350
137 Marks and Numbers 12354
138 Material Planning 34771
139 Materials Management 26134
140 Milk Run 42710
141 Mini Land Bridge 14230
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9313
143 Modal Split 15138
144 Movement of Goods 19228
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31248
146 North West Corner Method 16718
147 Numeric Distribution 13962
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28277
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48043
150 Operational Efficiency 9777
151 Operational Objectives 13185
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17993
153 Operational Sustainability 27629
154 Operations Management 20177
155 Order Cancellation 10571
156 Order Cycle 18255
157 Order Cycle Time 23319
158 Order Fill Rate 33760
159 Order Fulfillment 6350
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10110
161 Parts Standardization 9154
162 PDCA Cycle 7865
163 Peak Load Pricing 13219
164 Perfect Order 12941
165 Physical Distribution 24695
166 Pick List 9688
167 Pipeline inventory 42100
168 Postponement 15112
169 Process Bottleneck 6123
170 Process Checklist Template 6775
171 Process Yield 19963
172 Product ID 15731
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10254
174 Production Capacity 27321
175 Production Orientation 25382
176 Production Planning 35975
177 Production Related Materials 7431
178 Production Scheduling 35396
179 Purchasing 22395
180 Quality Audit 7003
181 Quality Control 35518
182 Quality Standards 56135
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13986
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11795
185 Quick Response 11058
186 Raw Material 24749
187 Return Goods Handling 10268
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10971
189 Root Cause Analysis 9061
190 Routing 6878
 
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