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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 9571
92 External Growth 9775
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9165
94 Field Services 7561
95 Field Warehouse 9633
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8358
97 Fishbone Diagram 14249
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26436
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7875
101 FOB Destination 12619
102 Forward buying 29641
103 Freight Charge 10056
104 Freight Consolidation 7272
105 Gantt Chart 8081
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11347
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29061
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12386
109 Hub 22971
110 Idle Time 7822
111 Import/Export License 8428
112 In Bond Shipment 13547
113 Inbound Logistics 13151
114 Interstate System 10749
115 Inventory Costs 52543
116 Inventory in Transit 16024
117 Inventory Management 53677
118 Inventory Planning System 9538
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21823
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41083
121 JIT 2 18174
122 Job Production 26419
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8709
124 Kanban Squares 6576
125 Laid-Down Cost 9851
126 Lean Office 5764
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10712
128 Lee's Notation 8306
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13739
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36106
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8918
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7214
133 Logistics Channel 22497
134 Logistics Costs 26208
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6512
136 Manifest 10179
137 Marks and Numbers 12211
138 Material Planning 34460
139 Materials Management 25967
140 Milk Run 42285
141 Mini Land Bridge 14078
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9125
143 Modal Split 14896
144 Movement of Goods 19059
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30981
146 North West Corner Method 16608
147 Numeric Distribution 13772
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28069
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47751
150 Operational Efficiency 9627
151 Operational Objectives 13063
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17900
153 Operational Sustainability 27397
154 Operations Management 19717
155 Order Cancellation 10349
156 Order Cycle 18113
157 Order Cycle Time 23105
158 Order Fill Rate 33546
159 Order Fulfillment 6247
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10001
161 Parts Standardization 9036
162 PDCA Cycle 7790
163 Peak Load Pricing 13068
164 Perfect Order 12744
165 Physical Distribution 24476
166 Pick List 9557
167 Pipeline inventory 41845
168 Postponement 14973
169 Process Bottleneck 5996
170 Process Checklist Template 6679
171 Process Yield 19812
172 Product ID 15578
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10168
174 Production Capacity 26928
175 Production Orientation 25209
176 Production Planning 35397
177 Production Related Materials 7258
178 Production Scheduling 34896
179 Purchasing 22098
180 Quality Audit 6847
181 Quality Control 34797
182 Quality Standards 55776
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13841
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11664
185 Quick Response 10848
186 Raw Material 24176
187 Return Goods Handling 10157
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10719
189 Root Cause Analysis 8947
190 Routing 6809
 
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