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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 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9465
94 Field Services 7739
95 Field Warehouse 10414
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8745
97 Fishbone Diagram 14596
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27004
99 Flow Through Distribution 12300
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8166
101 FOB Destination 13011
102 Forward buying 30107
103 Freight Charge 10364
104 Freight Consolidation 7518
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11720
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29569
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12670
109 Hub 23406
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13935
113 Inbound Logistics 13569
114 Interstate System 10992
115 Inventory Costs 53581
116 Inventory in Transit 16479
117 Inventory Management 54728
118 Inventory Planning System 9822
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22284
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42650
121 JIT 2 18428
122 Job Production 27624
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9095
124 Kanban Squares 6822
125 Laid-Down Cost 10168
126 Lean Office 6081
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10847
128 Lee's Notation 8560
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14210
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37217
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9253
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7481
133 Logistics Channel 22884
134 Logistics Costs 26654
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6681
136 Manifest 10524
137 Marks and Numbers 12593
138 Material Planning 35082
139 Materials Management 26357
140 Milk Run 43086
141 Mini Land Bridge 14409
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9545
143 Modal Split 15404
144 Movement of Goods 19466
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31612
146 North West Corner Method 16855
147 Numeric Distribution 14214
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28537
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48424
150 Operational Efficiency 9936
151 Operational Objectives 13342
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18117
153 Operational Sustainability 27963
154 Operations Management 20697
155 Order Cancellation 10813
156 Order Cycle 18440
157 Order Cycle Time 23504
158 Order Fill Rate 34012
159 Order Fulfillment 6470
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10307
161 Parts Standardization 9307
162 PDCA Cycle 8014
163 Peak Load Pricing 13360
164 Perfect Order 13216
165 Physical Distribution 24926
166 Pick List 9835
167 Pipeline inventory 42353
168 Postponement 15283
169 Process Bottleneck 6288
170 Process Checklist Template 6922
171 Process Yield 20184
172 Product ID 15898
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10361
174 Production Capacity 27690
175 Production Orientation 25651
176 Production Planning 36571
177 Production Related Materials 7687
178 Production Scheduling 36027
179 Purchasing 22812
180 Quality Audit 7156
181 Quality Control 36285
182 Quality Standards 56554
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14192
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11940
185 Quick Response 11250
186 Raw Material 25301
187 Return Goods Handling 10414
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11324
189 Root Cause Analysis 9206
190 Routing 7004
 
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