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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 9831
92 External Growth 10075
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9520
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10460
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8762
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27037
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8179
101 FOB Destination 13033
102 Forward buying 30164
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7532
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11735
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29590
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23431
110 Idle Time 8070
111 Import/Export License 8722
112 In Bond Shipment 13957
113 Inbound Logistics 13584
114 Interstate System 11007
115 Inventory Costs 53632
116 Inventory in Transit 16532
117 Inventory Management 54805
118 Inventory Planning System 9872
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22301
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42723
121 JIT 2 18440
122 Job Production 27681
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9145
124 Kanban Squares 6838
125 Laid-Down Cost 10189
126 Lean Office 6126
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10860
128 Lee's Notation 8572
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14230
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37284
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9274
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7531
133 Logistics Channel 22915
134 Logistics Costs 26685
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6691
136 Manifest 10538
137 Marks and Numbers 12606
138 Material Planning 35106
139 Materials Management 26374
140 Milk Run 43114
141 Mini Land Bridge 14420
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9567
143 Modal Split 15425
144 Movement of Goods 19484
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31648
146 North West Corner Method 16872
147 Numeric Distribution 14232
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28552
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48449
150 Operational Efficiency 9947
151 Operational Objectives 13355
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18125
153 Operational Sustainability 28023
154 Operations Management 20782
155 Order Cancellation 10828
156 Order Cycle 18450
157 Order Cycle Time 23518
158 Order Fill Rate 34035
159 Order Fulfillment 6475
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10319
161 Parts Standardization 9320
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13372
164 Perfect Order 13235
165 Physical Distribution 24948
166 Pick List 9845
167 Pipeline inventory 42370
168 Postponement 15296
169 Process Bottleneck 6303
170 Process Checklist Template 6932
171 Process Yield 20235
172 Product ID 15916
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10370
174 Production Capacity 27718
175 Production Orientation 25673
176 Production Planning 36618
177 Production Related Materials 7701
178 Production Scheduling 36066
179 Purchasing 22874
180 Quality Audit 7173
181 Quality Control 36355
182 Quality Standards 56591
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14213
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11953
185 Quick Response 11273
186 Raw Material 25356
187 Return Goods Handling 10427
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11381
189 Root Cause Analysis 9220
190 Routing 7015
 
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