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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 9778
92 External Growth 10011
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10192
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8695
97 Fishbone Diagram 14544
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26906
99 Flow Through Distribution 12250
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8112
101 FOB Destination 12958
102 Forward buying 29989
103 Freight Charge 10269
104 Freight Consolidation 7483
105 Gantt Chart 8248
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11660
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29481
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12622
109 Hub 23330
110 Idle Time 8012
111 Import/Export License 8660
112 In Bond Shipment 13859
113 Inbound Logistics 13499
114 Interstate System 10947
115 Inventory Costs 53403
116 Inventory in Transit 16361
117 Inventory Management 54541
118 Inventory Planning System 9735
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22219
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42410
121 JIT 2 18384
122 Job Production 27411
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8993
124 Kanban Squares 6785
125 Laid-Down Cost 10097
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8518
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14134
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37041
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9192
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7397
133 Logistics Channel 22821
134 Logistics Costs 26563
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10478
137 Marks and Numbers 12542
138 Material Planning 34995
139 Materials Management 26294
140 Milk Run 42983
141 Mini Land Bridge 14357
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9474
143 Modal Split 15340
144 Movement of Goods 19384
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31474
146 North West Corner Method 16812
147 Numeric Distribution 14135
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28457
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48300
150 Operational Efficiency 9891
151 Operational Objectives 13289
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18083
153 Operational Sustainability 27826
154 Operations Management 20537
155 Order Cancellation 10748
156 Order Cycle 18379
157 Order Cycle Time 23438
158 Order Fill Rate 33937
159 Order Fulfillment 6431
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10243
161 Parts Standardization 9262
162 PDCA Cycle 7936
163 Peak Load Pricing 13315
164 Perfect Order 13133
165 Physical Distribution 24847
166 Pick List 9792
167 Pipeline inventory 42278
168 Postponement 15235
169 Process Bottleneck 6240
170 Process Checklist Template 6881
171 Process Yield 20080
172 Product ID 15838
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10334
174 Production Capacity 27571
175 Production Orientation 25557
176 Production Planning 36390
177 Production Related Materials 7621
178 Production Scheduling 35862
179 Purchasing 22646
180 Quality Audit 7104
181 Quality Control 36055
182 Quality Standards 56431
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14120
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11892
185 Quick Response 11204
186 Raw Material 25152
187 Return Goods Handling 10367
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11192
189 Root Cause Analysis 9160
190 Routing 6964
 
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