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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 9589
92 External Growth 9799
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9184
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9657
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8392
97 Fishbone Diagram 14281
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26479
99 Flow Through Distribution 12014
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7893
101 FOB Destination 12650
102 Forward buying 29677
103 Freight Charge 10074
104 Freight Consolidation 7297
105 Gantt Chart 8093
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11375
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29133
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12406
109 Hub 23005
110 Idle Time 7844
111 Import/Export License 8456
112 In Bond Shipment 13579
113 Inbound Logistics 13176
114 Interstate System 10763
115 Inventory Costs 52663
116 Inventory in Transit 16057
117 Inventory Management 53762
118 Inventory Planning System 9553
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21867
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41246
121 JIT 2 18188
122 Job Production 26528
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8734
124 Kanban Squares 6594
125 Laid-Down Cost 9870
126 Lean Office 5782
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10719
128 Lee's Notation 8332
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13781
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36206
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8935
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7230
133 Logistics Channel 22528
134 Logistics Costs 26247
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6521
136 Manifest 10205
137 Marks and Numbers 12239
138 Material Planning 34516
139 Materials Management 25994
140 Milk Run 42361
141 Mini Land Bridge 14101
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9151
143 Modal Split 14936
144 Movement of Goods 19091
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31026
146 North West Corner Method 16624
147 Numeric Distribution 13814
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28109
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47801
150 Operational Efficiency 9654
151 Operational Objectives 13088
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17919
153 Operational Sustainability 27442
154 Operations Management 19800
155 Order Cancellation 10382
156 Order Cycle 18139
157 Order Cycle Time 23154
158 Order Fill Rate 33585
159 Order Fulfillment 6265
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10019
161 Parts Standardization 9055
162 PDCA Cycle 7804
163 Peak Load Pricing 13088
164 Perfect Order 12775
165 Physical Distribution 24514
166 Pick List 9581
167 Pipeline inventory 41897
168 Postponement 15003
169 Process Bottleneck 6023
170 Process Checklist Template 6697
171 Process Yield 19842
172 Product ID 15606
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10182
174 Production Capacity 26998
175 Production Orientation 25240
176 Production Planning 35519
177 Production Related Materials 7285
178 Production Scheduling 34998
179 Purchasing 22154
180 Quality Audit 6873
181 Quality Control 34949
182 Quality Standards 55849
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13866
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11683
185 Quick Response 10878
186 Raw Material 24312
187 Return Goods Handling 10173
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10770
189 Root Cause Analysis 8969
190 Routing 6820
 
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