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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 9865
92 External Growth 10136
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10648
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8847
97 Fishbone Diagram 14665
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27157
99 Flow Through Distribution 12369
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8229
101 FOB Destination 13111
102 Forward buying 30275
103 Freight Charge 10453
104 Freight Consolidation 7576
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11789
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29658
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12744
109 Hub 23511
110 Idle Time 8111
111 Import/Export License 8773
112 In Bond Shipment 14026
113 Inbound Logistics 13646
114 Interstate System 11054
115 Inventory Costs 53830
116 Inventory in Transit 16594
117 Inventory Management 54981
118 Inventory Planning System 9912
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22366
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43052
121 JIT 2 18494
122 Job Production 27888
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9187
124 Kanban Squares 6881
125 Laid-Down Cost 10263
126 Lean Office 6167
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10886
128 Lee's Notation 8608
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14324
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37422
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9341
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7563
133 Logistics Channel 22974
134 Logistics Costs 26750
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6719
136 Manifest 10595
137 Marks and Numbers 12688
138 Material Planning 35217
139 Materials Management 26443
140 Milk Run 43213
141 Mini Land Bridge 14469
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9627
143 Modal Split 15497
144 Movement of Goods 19552
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31777
146 North West Corner Method 16908
147 Numeric Distribution 14294
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28633
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48582
150 Operational Efficiency 9989
151 Operational Objectives 13412
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18163
153 Operational Sustainability 28149
154 Operations Management 20937
155 Order Cancellation 10891
156 Order Cycle 18505
157 Order Cycle Time 23582
158 Order Fill Rate 34112
159 Order Fulfillment 6511
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10377
161 Parts Standardization 9365
162 PDCA Cycle 8087
163 Peak Load Pricing 13410
164 Perfect Order 13313
165 Physical Distribution 25036
166 Pick List 9898
167 Pipeline inventory 42459
168 Postponement 15344
169 Process Bottleneck 6342
170 Process Checklist Template 6968
171 Process Yield 20284
172 Product ID 15975
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10410
174 Production Capacity 27833
175 Production Orientation 25750
176 Production Planning 36813
177 Production Related Materials 7752
178 Production Scheduling 36230
179 Purchasing 23001
180 Quality Audit 7225
181 Quality Control 36581
182 Quality Standards 56728
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14267
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11996
185 Quick Response 11331
186 Raw Material 25557
187 Return Goods Handling 10473
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11480
189 Root Cause Analysis 9265
190 Routing 7050
 
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