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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 9611
92 External Growth 9821
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9208
94 Field Services 7581
95 Field Warehouse 9686
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8430
97 Fishbone Diagram 14304
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26518
99 Flow Through Distribution 12044
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7923
101 FOB Destination 12681
102 Forward buying 29716
103 Freight Charge 10099
104 Freight Consolidation 7322
105 Gantt Chart 8113
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11417
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29181
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12425
109 Hub 23050
110 Idle Time 7864
111 Import/Export License 8478
112 In Bond Shipment 13613
113 Inbound Logistics 13214
114 Interstate System 10775
115 Inventory Costs 52757
116 Inventory in Transit 16099
117 Inventory Management 53842
118 Inventory Planning System 9582
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21923
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41388
121 JIT 2 18210
122 Job Production 26638
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8762
124 Kanban Squares 6620
125 Laid-Down Cost 9888
126 Lean Office 5804
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10735
128 Lee's Notation 8355
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13825
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36288
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8956
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7268
133 Logistics Channel 22566
134 Logistics Costs 26282
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6539
136 Manifest 10237
137 Marks and Numbers 12260
138 Material Planning 34578
139 Materials Management 26027
140 Milk Run 42439
141 Mini Land Bridge 14130
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9188
143 Modal Split 14981
144 Movement of Goods 19126
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31069
146 North West Corner Method 16646
147 Numeric Distribution 13849
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28145
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47855
150 Operational Efficiency 9680
151 Operational Objectives 13111
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17930
153 Operational Sustainability 27492
154 Operations Management 19882
155 Order Cancellation 10417
156 Order Cycle 18168
157 Order Cycle Time 23189
158 Order Fill Rate 33633
159 Order Fulfillment 6285
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10042
161 Parts Standardization 9076
162 PDCA Cycle 7818
163 Peak Load Pricing 13127
164 Perfect Order 12821
165 Physical Distribution 24557
166 Pick List 9605
167 Pipeline inventory 41946
168 Postponement 15024
169 Process Bottleneck 6051
170 Process Checklist Template 6715
171 Process Yield 19869
172 Product ID 15630
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10189
174 Production Capacity 27099
175 Production Orientation 25267
176 Production Planning 35636
177 Production Related Materials 7317
178 Production Scheduling 35096
179 Purchasing 22220
180 Quality Audit 6910
181 Quality Control 35081
182 Quality Standards 55922
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13898
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11708
185 Quick Response 10917
186 Raw Material 24417
187 Return Goods Handling 10195
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10822
189 Root Cause Analysis 8988
190 Routing 6831
 
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