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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 9654
92 External Growth 9861
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9249
94 Field Services 7613
95 Field Warehouse 9733
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8505
97 Fishbone Diagram 14372
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26622
99 Flow Through Distribution 12098
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7974
101 FOB Destination 12750
102 Forward buying 29798
103 Freight Charge 10138
104 Freight Consolidation 7366
105 Gantt Chart 8145
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11492
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29248
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12471
109 Hub 23124
110 Idle Time 7902
111 Import/Export License 8526
112 In Bond Shipment 13677
113 Inbound Logistics 13279
114 Interstate System 10811
115 Inventory Costs 52930
116 Inventory in Transit 16168
117 Inventory Management 54014
118 Inventory Planning System 9622
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22012
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41645
121 JIT 2 18260
122 Job Production 26850
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8829
124 Kanban Squares 6671
125 Laid-Down Cost 9932
126 Lean Office 5853
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10764
128 Lee's Notation 8399
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13903
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36485
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9000
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7308
133 Logistics Channel 22621
134 Logistics Costs 26352
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6565
136 Manifest 10303
137 Marks and Numbers 12310
138 Material Planning 34699
139 Materials Management 26084
140 Milk Run 42616
141 Mini Land Bridge 14199
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9272
143 Modal Split 15072
144 Movement of Goods 19192
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31179
146 North West Corner Method 16682
147 Numeric Distribution 13913
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28219
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47971
150 Operational Efficiency 9746
151 Operational Objectives 13158
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17970
153 Operational Sustainability 27575
154 Operations Management 20066
155 Order Cancellation 10501
156 Order Cycle 18219
157 Order Cycle Time 23272
158 Order Fill Rate 33718
159 Order Fulfillment 6328
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10077
161 Parts Standardization 9128
162 PDCA Cycle 7848
163 Peak Load Pricing 13188
164 Perfect Order 12898
165 Physical Distribution 24651
166 Pick List 9659
167 Pipeline inventory 42045
168 Postponement 15081
169 Process Bottleneck 6097
170 Process Checklist Template 6743
171 Process Yield 19920
172 Product ID 15692
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10230
174 Production Capacity 27240
175 Production Orientation 25335
176 Production Planning 35832
177 Production Related Materials 7376
178 Production Scheduling 35277
179 Purchasing 22336
180 Quality Audit 6969
181 Quality Control 35360
182 Quality Standards 56060
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13956
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11762
185 Quick Response 11002
186 Raw Material 24637
187 Return Goods Handling 10240
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10911
189 Root Cause Analysis 9035
190 Routing 6861
 
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