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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 9584
92 External Growth 9791
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9180
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9653
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8387
97 Fishbone Diagram 14276
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26468
99 Flow Through Distribution 12007
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7890
101 FOB Destination 12642
102 Forward buying 29671
103 Freight Charge 10069
104 Freight Consolidation 7291
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11368
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29124
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 22999
110 Idle Time 7838
111 Import/Export License 8451
112 In Bond Shipment 13572
113 Inbound Logistics 13172
114 Interstate System 10758
115 Inventory Costs 52636
116 Inventory in Transit 16051
117 Inventory Management 53749
118 Inventory Planning System 9552
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21860
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41214
121 JIT 2 18184
122 Job Production 26508
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8729
124 Kanban Squares 6590
125 Laid-Down Cost 9868
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13770
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36194
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8929
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7223
133 Logistics Channel 22522
134 Logistics Costs 26236
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6520
136 Manifest 10198
137 Marks and Numbers 12231
138 Material Planning 34508
139 Materials Management 25989
140 Milk Run 42346
141 Mini Land Bridge 14096
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9143
143 Modal Split 14922
144 Movement of Goods 19081
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31014
146 North West Corner Method 16621
147 Numeric Distribution 13807
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28102
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47791
150 Operational Efficiency 9648
151 Operational Objectives 13084
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17914
153 Operational Sustainability 27428
154 Operations Management 19781
155 Order Cancellation 10374
156 Order Cycle 18133
157 Order Cycle Time 23145
158 Order Fill Rate 33573
159 Order Fulfillment 6260
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10017
161 Parts Standardization 9050
162 PDCA Cycle 7801
163 Peak Load Pricing 13084
164 Perfect Order 12770
165 Physical Distribution 24505
166 Pick List 9575
167 Pipeline inventory 41886
168 Postponement 14994
169 Process Bottleneck 6015
170 Process Checklist Template 6695
171 Process Yield 19835
172 Product ID 15597
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10179
174 Production Capacity 26986
175 Production Orientation 25236
176 Production Planning 35496
177 Production Related Materials 7279
178 Production Scheduling 34972
179 Purchasing 22145
180 Quality Audit 6868
181 Quality Control 34921
182 Quality Standards 55834
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13864
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11679
185 Quick Response 10870
186 Raw Material 24279
187 Return Goods Handling 10168
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10760
189 Root Cause Analysis 8967
190 Routing 6819
 
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