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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 9536
92 External Growth 9748
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9148
94 Field Services 7540
95 Field Warehouse 9605
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8323
97 Fishbone Diagram 14212
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26382
99 Flow Through Distribution 11963
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7846
101 FOB Destination 12574
102 Forward buying 29594
103 Freight Charge 10031
104 Freight Consolidation 7242
105 Gantt Chart 8057
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11319
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28992
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12369
109 Hub 22926
110 Idle Time 7792
111 Import/Export License 8397
112 In Bond Shipment 13496
113 Inbound Logistics 13103
114 Interstate System 10735
115 Inventory Costs 52428
116 Inventory in Transit 15991
117 Inventory Management 53587
118 Inventory Planning System 9514
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21782
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40893
121 JIT 2 18141
122 Job Production 26323
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8670
124 Kanban Squares 6547
125 Laid-Down Cost 9823
126 Lean Office 5733
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10695
128 Lee's Notation 8276
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13691
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35989
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8884
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7187
133 Logistics Channel 22464
134 Logistics Costs 26160
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6498
136 Manifest 10147
137 Marks and Numbers 12178
138 Material Planning 34386
139 Materials Management 25935
140 Milk Run 42192
141 Mini Land Bridge 14050
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9085
143 Modal Split 14849
144 Movement of Goods 18992
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30923
146 North West Corner Method 16584
147 Numeric Distribution 13726
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28032
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47686
150 Operational Efficiency 9597
151 Operational Objectives 13033
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17885
153 Operational Sustainability 27338
154 Operations Management 19613
155 Order Cancellation 10304
156 Order Cycle 18088
157 Order Cycle Time 23039
158 Order Fill Rate 33509
159 Order Fulfillment 6220
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9977
161 Parts Standardization 9013
162 PDCA Cycle 7781
163 Peak Load Pricing 13037
164 Perfect Order 12705
165 Physical Distribution 24421
166 Pick List 9531
167 Pipeline inventory 41771
168 Postponement 14928
169 Process Bottleneck 5967
170 Process Checklist Template 6660
171 Process Yield 19777
172 Product ID 15544
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10148
174 Production Capacity 26840
175 Production Orientation 25180
176 Production Planning 35252
177 Production Related Materials 7220
178 Production Scheduling 34779
179 Purchasing 22031
180 Quality Audit 6812
181 Quality Control 34603
182 Quality Standards 55684
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13804
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11629
185 Quick Response 10805
186 Raw Material 24041
187 Return Goods Handling 10139
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10644
189 Root Cause Analysis 8927
190 Routing 6793
 
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