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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 9639
92 External Growth 9852
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9236
94 Field Services 7601
95 Field Warehouse 9718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8482
97 Fishbone Diagram 14355
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26594
99 Flow Through Distribution 12084
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
101 FOB Destination 12726
102 Forward buying 29781
103 Freight Charge 10128
104 Freight Consolidation 7356
105 Gantt Chart 8134
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11480
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29234
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12457
109 Hub 23102
110 Idle Time 7892
111 Import/Export License 8512
112 In Bond Shipment 13654
113 Inbound Logistics 13261
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52879
116 Inventory in Transit 16144
117 Inventory Management 53966
118 Inventory Planning System 9612
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21988
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41576
121 JIT 2 18249
122 Job Production 26788
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8807
124 Kanban Squares 6655
125 Laid-Down Cost 9921
126 Lean Office 5840
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8389
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13885
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36428
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8988
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7300
133 Logistics Channel 22607
134 Logistics Costs 26338
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6559
136 Manifest 10280
137 Marks and Numbers 12292
138 Material Planning 34660
139 Materials Management 26067
140 Milk Run 42562
141 Mini Land Bridge 14180
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9250
143 Modal Split 15052
144 Movement of Goods 19176
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31151
146 North West Corner Method 16671
147 Numeric Distribution 13893
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28194
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47940
150 Operational Efficiency 9731
151 Operational Objectives 13145
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17960
153 Operational Sustainability 27559
154 Operations Management 20014
155 Order Cancellation 10474
156 Order Cycle 18202
157 Order Cycle Time 23252
158 Order Fill Rate 33693
159 Order Fulfillment 6315
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10064
161 Parts Standardization 9112
162 PDCA Cycle 7836
163 Peak Load Pricing 13172
164 Perfect Order 12878
165 Physical Distribution 24623
166 Pick List 9642
167 Pipeline inventory 42017
168 Postponement 15065
169 Process Bottleneck 6083
170 Process Checklist Template 6733
171 Process Yield 19908
172 Product ID 15670
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10217
174 Production Capacity 27210
175 Production Orientation 25316
176 Production Planning 35777
177 Production Related Materials 7362
178 Production Scheduling 35224
179 Purchasing 22305
180 Quality Audit 6950
181 Quality Control 35287
182 Quality Standards 56019
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13938
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11743
185 Quick Response 10979
186 Raw Material 24584
187 Return Goods Handling 10216
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10888
189 Root Cause Analysis 9018
190 Routing 6852
 
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