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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 9685
92 External Growth 9889
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9275
94 Field Services 7637
95 Field Warehouse 9759
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8550
97 Fishbone Diagram 14418
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26695
99 Flow Through Distribution 12134
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8007
101 FOB Destination 12811
102 Forward buying 29840
103 Freight Charge 10170
104 Freight Consolidation 7393
105 Gantt Chart 8172
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11529
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29306
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12506
109 Hub 23171
110 Idle Time 7928
111 Import/Export License 8561
112 In Bond Shipment 13716
113 Inbound Logistics 13334
114 Interstate System 10839
115 Inventory Costs 53054
116 Inventory in Transit 16218
117 Inventory Management 54149
118 Inventory Planning System 9653
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22065
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41822
121 JIT 2 18286
122 Job Production 26970
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8870
124 Kanban Squares 6702
125 Laid-Down Cost 9965
126 Lean Office 5880
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10774
128 Lee's Notation 8427
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13958
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36592
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9038
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7330
133 Logistics Channel 22670
134 Logistics Costs 26410
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6589
136 Manifest 10352
137 Marks and Numbers 12356
138 Material Planning 34773
139 Materials Management 26136
140 Milk Run 42711
141 Mini Land Bridge 14231
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9315
143 Modal Split 15140
144 Movement of Goods 19229
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31248
146 North West Corner Method 16719
147 Numeric Distribution 13963
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28278
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48046
150 Operational Efficiency 9778
151 Operational Objectives 13189
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17994
153 Operational Sustainability 27630
154 Operations Management 20182
155 Order Cancellation 10573
156 Order Cycle 18256
157 Order Cycle Time 23322
158 Order Fill Rate 33762
159 Order Fulfillment 6351
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10111
161 Parts Standardization 9156
162 PDCA Cycle 7866
163 Peak Load Pricing 13223
164 Perfect Order 12943
165 Physical Distribution 24697
166 Pick List 9688
167 Pipeline inventory 42102
168 Postponement 15114
169 Process Bottleneck 6126
170 Process Checklist Template 6776
171 Process Yield 19964
172 Product ID 15731
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10256
174 Production Capacity 27323
175 Production Orientation 25385
176 Production Planning 35979
177 Production Related Materials 7433
178 Production Scheduling 35398
179 Purchasing 22398
180 Quality Audit 7004
181 Quality Control 35526
182 Quality Standards 56135
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13990
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11797
185 Quick Response 11060
186 Raw Material 24752
187 Return Goods Handling 10270
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10972
189 Root Cause Analysis 9063
190 Routing 6878
 
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