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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 9590
92 External Growth 9800
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9186
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9658
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26480
99 Flow Through Distribution 12016
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7896
101 FOB Destination 12650
102 Forward buying 29680
103 Freight Charge 10076
104 Freight Consolidation 7298
105 Gantt Chart 8094
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11378
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29133
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23009
110 Idle Time 7846
111 Import/Export License 8458
112 In Bond Shipment 13581
113 Inbound Logistics 13179
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52670
116 Inventory in Transit 16057
117 Inventory Management 53764
118 Inventory Planning System 9554
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21871
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41250
121 JIT 2 18188
122 Job Production 26533
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8735
124 Kanban Squares 6595
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13783
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36209
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8937
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7232
133 Logistics Channel 22531
134 Logistics Costs 26250
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10208
137 Marks and Numbers 12241
138 Material Planning 34521
139 Materials Management 25997
140 Milk Run 42366
141 Mini Land Bridge 14102
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9152
143 Modal Split 14939
144 Movement of Goods 19095
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31030
146 North West Corner Method 16626
147 Numeric Distribution 13815
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28110
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47805
150 Operational Efficiency 9655
151 Operational Objectives 13088
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17919
153 Operational Sustainability 27443
154 Operations Management 19805
155 Order Cancellation 10384
156 Order Cycle 18142
157 Order Cycle Time 23156
158 Order Fill Rate 33589
159 Order Fulfillment 6267
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10021
161 Parts Standardization 9055
162 PDCA Cycle 7804
163 Peak Load Pricing 13089
164 Perfect Order 12775
165 Physical Distribution 24518
166 Pick List 9583
167 Pipeline inventory 41901
168 Postponement 15005
169 Process Bottleneck 6023
170 Process Checklist Template 6699
171 Process Yield 19844
172 Product ID 15606
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27000
175 Production Orientation 25240
176 Production Planning 35527
177 Production Related Materials 7286
178 Production Scheduling 35003
179 Purchasing 22158
180 Quality Audit 6875
181 Quality Control 34958
182 Quality Standards 55852
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13868
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11685
185 Quick Response 10882
186 Raw Material 24317
187 Return Goods Handling 10173
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10772
189 Root Cause Analysis 8969
190 Routing 6822
 
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