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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 9860
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9562
94 Field Services 7770
95 Field Warehouse 10628
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8838
97 Fishbone Diagram 14659
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27140
99 Flow Through Distribution 12362
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8221
101 FOB Destination 13104
102 Forward buying 30262
103 Freight Charge 10447
104 Freight Consolidation 7570
105 Gantt Chart 8326
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11784
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29650
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12737
109 Hub 23502
110 Idle Time 8107
111 Import/Export License 8767
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13639
114 Interstate System 11052
115 Inventory Costs 53808
116 Inventory in Transit 16588
117 Inventory Management 54958
118 Inventory Planning System 9908
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22359
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43022
121 JIT 2 18491
122 Job Production 27864
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9180
124 Kanban Squares 6875
125 Laid-Down Cost 10257
126 Lean Office 6159
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10884
128 Lee's Notation 8604
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14314
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37409
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9333
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7560
133 Logistics Channel 22969
134 Logistics Costs 26743
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6716
136 Manifest 10586
137 Marks and Numbers 12673
138 Material Planning 35211
139 Materials Management 26433
140 Milk Run 43198
141 Mini Land Bridge 14464
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9619
143 Modal Split 15491
144 Movement of Goods 19548
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31767
146 North West Corner Method 16904
147 Numeric Distribution 14286
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28619
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48569
150 Operational Efficiency 9983
151 Operational Objectives 13406
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18159
153 Operational Sustainability 28137
154 Operations Management 20923
155 Order Cancellation 10885
156 Order Cycle 18497
157 Order Cycle Time 23574
158 Order Fill Rate 34105
159 Order Fulfillment 6508
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10371
161 Parts Standardization 9359
162 PDCA Cycle 8085
163 Peak Load Pricing 13404
164 Perfect Order 13307
165 Physical Distribution 25028
166 Pick List 9888
167 Pipeline inventory 42450
168 Postponement 15338
169 Process Bottleneck 6336
170 Process Checklist Template 6963
171 Process Yield 20280
172 Product ID 15968
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10409
174 Production Capacity 27817
175 Production Orientation 25740
176 Production Planning 36789
177 Production Related Materials 7747
178 Production Scheduling 36212
179 Purchasing 22990
180 Quality Audit 7218
181 Quality Control 36556
182 Quality Standards 56711
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14261
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11994
185 Quick Response 11325
186 Raw Material 25534
187 Return Goods Handling 10470
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11473
189 Root Cause Analysis 9261
190 Routing 7047
 
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