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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 9781
92 External Growth 10014
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9376
94 Field Services 7708
95 Field Warehouse 10215
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8699
97 Fishbone Diagram 14550
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26917
99 Flow Through Distribution 12255
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8115
101 FOB Destination 12965
102 Forward buying 29998
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7486
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11666
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29491
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23340
110 Idle Time 8017
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13867
113 Inbound Logistics 13507
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53418
116 Inventory in Transit 16368
117 Inventory Management 54554
118 Inventory Planning System 9739
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22224
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42442
121 JIT 2 18387
122 Job Production 27426
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8999
124 Kanban Squares 6790
125 Laid-Down Cost 10104
126 Lean Office 5979
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10830
128 Lee's Notation 8523
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14145
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37058
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9199
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7400
133 Logistics Channel 22827
134 Logistics Costs 26572
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6647
136 Manifest 10481
137 Marks and Numbers 12550
138 Material Planning 35003
139 Materials Management 26297
140 Milk Run 42993
141 Mini Land Bridge 14362
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9481
143 Modal Split 15347
144 Movement of Goods 19388
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31489
146 North West Corner Method 16818
147 Numeric Distribution 14144
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28464
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48312
150 Operational Efficiency 9895
151 Operational Objectives 13294
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18088
153 Operational Sustainability 27839
154 Operations Management 20556
155 Order Cancellation 10755
156 Order Cycle 18384
157 Order Cycle Time 23445
158 Order Fill Rate 33942
159 Order Fulfillment 6434
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10254
161 Parts Standardization 9266
162 PDCA Cycle 7938
163 Peak Load Pricing 13322
164 Perfect Order 13140
165 Physical Distribution 24856
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42286
168 Postponement 15240
169 Process Bottleneck 6245
170 Process Checklist Template 6885
171 Process Yield 20090
172 Product ID 15844
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10337
174 Production Capacity 27588
175 Production Orientation 25564
176 Production Planning 36410
177 Production Related Materials 7632
178 Production Scheduling 35883
179 Purchasing 22663
180 Quality Audit 7110
181 Quality Control 36083
182 Quality Standards 56440
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14127
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11896
185 Quick Response 11209
186 Raw Material 25162
187 Return Goods Handling 10370
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11200
189 Root Cause Analysis 9168
190 Routing 6970
 
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