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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 9787
92 External Growth 10021
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9381
94 Field Services 7712
95 Field Warehouse 10264
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8706
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26930
99 Flow Through Distribution 12263
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8126
101 FOB Destination 12971
102 Forward buying 30012
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11675
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29505
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12631
109 Hub 23348
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8668
112 In Bond Shipment 13879
113 Inbound Logistics 13521
114 Interstate System 10959
115 Inventory Costs 53438
116 Inventory in Transit 16378
117 Inventory Management 54574
118 Inventory Planning System 9745
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22233
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42475
121 JIT 2 18393
122 Job Production 27460
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9007
124 Kanban Squares 6796
125 Laid-Down Cost 10111
126 Lean Office 5992
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10832
128 Lee's Notation 8528
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14154
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37081
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9206
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7404
133 Logistics Channel 22836
134 Logistics Costs 26583
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6653
136 Manifest 10489
137 Marks and Numbers 12556
138 Material Planning 35010
139 Materials Management 26306
140 Milk Run 43013
141 Mini Land Bridge 14373
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9493
143 Modal Split 15356
144 Movement of Goods 19400
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31514
146 North West Corner Method 16825
147 Numeric Distribution 14152
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28474
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48324
150 Operational Efficiency 9902
151 Operational Objectives 13303
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18093
153 Operational Sustainability 27853
154 Operations Management 20578
155 Order Cancellation 10764
156 Order Cycle 18394
157 Order Cycle Time 23454
158 Order Fill Rate 33955
159 Order Fulfillment 6440
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10265
161 Parts Standardization 9272
162 PDCA Cycle 7941
163 Peak Load Pricing 13327
164 Perfect Order 13153
165 Physical Distribution 24863
166 Pick List 9798
167 Pipeline inventory 42298
168 Postponement 15250
169 Process Bottleneck 6250
170 Process Checklist Template 6889
171 Process Yield 20095
172 Product ID 15854
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10340
174 Production Capacity 27603
175 Production Orientation 25573
176 Production Planning 36438
177 Production Related Materials 7640
178 Production Scheduling 35905
179 Purchasing 22688
180 Quality Audit 7117
181 Quality Control 36124
182 Quality Standards 56465
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14136
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11904
185 Quick Response 11216
186 Raw Material 25185
187 Return Goods Handling 10381
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11216
189 Root Cause Analysis 9173
190 Routing 6977
 
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