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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 9937
92 External Growth 10227
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9655
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10969
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8969
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27322
99 Flow Through Distribution 12473
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
101 FOB Destination 13214
102 Forward buying 30406
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7628
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11906
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29764
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12833
109 Hub 23628
110 Idle Time 8179
111 Import/Export License 8844
112 In Bond Shipment 14125
113 Inbound Logistics 13746
114 Interstate System 11131
115 Inventory Costs 54082
116 Inventory in Transit 16724
117 Inventory Management 55252
118 Inventory Planning System 9987
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22502
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43402
121 JIT 2 18569
122 Job Production 28234
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9268
124 Kanban Squares 6969
125 Laid-Down Cost 10374
126 Lean Office 6249
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10921
128 Lee's Notation 8659
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14456
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37651
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9434
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7618
133 Logistics Channel 23071
134 Logistics Costs 26876
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10693
137 Marks and Numbers 12799
138 Material Planning 35368
139 Materials Management 26555
140 Milk Run 43376
141 Mini Land Bridge 14560
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9735
143 Modal Split 15603
144 Movement of Goods 19698
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31934
146 North West Corner Method 16978
147 Numeric Distribution 14397
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28758
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48808
150 Operational Efficiency 10061
151 Operational Objectives 13490
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18215
153 Operational Sustainability 28289
154 Operations Management 21102
155 Order Cancellation 10985
156 Order Cycle 18587
157 Order Cycle Time 23680
158 Order Fill Rate 34228
159 Order Fulfillment 6577
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10477
161 Parts Standardization 9431
162 PDCA Cycle 8137
163 Peak Load Pricing 13477
164 Perfect Order 13430
165 Physical Distribution 25168
166 Pick List 9974
167 Pipeline inventory 42598
168 Postponement 15452
169 Process Bottleneck 6420
170 Process Checklist Template 7020
171 Process Yield 20373
172 Product ID 16067
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10481
174 Production Capacity 28024
175 Production Orientation 25895
176 Production Planning 37081
177 Production Related Materials 7891
178 Production Scheduling 36444
179 Purchasing 23195
180 Quality Audit 7315
181 Quality Control 36897
182 Quality Standards 56915
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14362
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12071
185 Quick Response 11444
186 Raw Material 25777
187 Return Goods Handling 10565
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11638
189 Root Cause Analysis 9341
190 Routing 7104
 
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