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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 9771
92 External Growth 9998
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9364
94 Field Services 7699
95 Field Warehouse 10126
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8681
97 Fishbone Diagram 14529
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26882
99 Flow Through Distribution 12239
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8102
101 FOB Destination 12950
102 Forward buying 29972
103 Freight Charge 10261
104 Freight Consolidation 7474
105 Gantt Chart 8237
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11649
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29463
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12612
109 Hub 23315
110 Idle Time 8004
111 Import/Export License 8651
112 In Bond Shipment 13838
113 Inbound Logistics 13484
114 Interstate System 10936
115 Inventory Costs 53373
116 Inventory in Transit 16349
117 Inventory Management 54506
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22206
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42358
121 JIT 2 18375
122 Job Production 27364
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8981
124 Kanban Squares 6777
125 Laid-Down Cost 10084
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8513
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14117
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36998
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9177
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7392
133 Logistics Channel 22808
134 Logistics Costs 26552
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6640
136 Manifest 10466
137 Marks and Numbers 12528
138 Material Planning 34981
139 Materials Management 26281
140 Milk Run 42949
141 Mini Land Bridge 14345
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9459
143 Modal Split 15326
144 Movement of Goods 19367
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31444
146 North West Corner Method 16807
147 Numeric Distribution 14118
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28443
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48274
150 Operational Efficiency 9880
151 Operational Objectives 13281
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18079
153 Operational Sustainability 27805
154 Operations Management 20515
155 Order Cancellation 10735
156 Order Cycle 18372
157 Order Cycle Time 23429
158 Order Fill Rate 33922
159 Order Fulfillment 6423
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10229
161 Parts Standardization 9252
162 PDCA Cycle 7932
163 Peak Load Pricing 13307
164 Perfect Order 13112
165 Physical Distribution 24840
166 Pick List 9781
167 Pipeline inventory 42263
168 Postponement 15221
169 Process Bottleneck 6230
170 Process Checklist Template 6873
171 Process Yield 20073
172 Product ID 15830
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10328
174 Production Capacity 27545
175 Production Orientation 25540
176 Production Planning 36349
177 Production Related Materials 7612
178 Production Scheduling 35811
179 Purchasing 22619
180 Quality Audit 7096
181 Quality Control 36003
182 Quality Standards 56403
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14103
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11882
185 Quick Response 11190
186 Raw Material 25119
187 Return Goods Handling 10360
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11169
189 Root Cause Analysis 9154
190 Routing 6957
 
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