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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 9844
92 External Growth 10098
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9534
94 Field Services 7757
95 Field Warehouse 10541
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8792
97 Fishbone Diagram 14629
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27074
99 Flow Through Distribution 12334
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8198
101 FOB Destination 13061
102 Forward buying 30203
103 Freight Charge 10427
104 Freight Consolidation 7547
105 Gantt Chart 8304
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11755
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29615
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12709
109 Hub 23462
110 Idle Time 8086
111 Import/Export License 8741
112 In Bond Shipment 13989
113 Inbound Logistics 13615
114 Interstate System 11028
115 Inventory Costs 53723
116 Inventory in Transit 16561
117 Inventory Management 54878
118 Inventory Planning System 9889
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22330
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42835
121 JIT 2 18463
122 Job Production 27761
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9164
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10215
126 Lean Office 6142
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8582
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14267
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37339
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9302
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7545
133 Logistics Channel 22942
134 Logistics Costs 26711
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6703
136 Manifest 10559
137 Marks and Numbers 12634
138 Material Planning 35154
139 Materials Management 26399
140 Milk Run 43147
141 Mini Land Bridge 14441
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9588
143 Modal Split 15457
144 Movement of Goods 19511
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31702
146 North West Corner Method 16884
147 Numeric Distribution 14252
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28586
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48499
150 Operational Efficiency 9965
151 Operational Objectives 13381
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18138
153 Operational Sustainability 28070
154 Operations Management 20855
155 Order Cancellation 10853
156 Order Cycle 18467
157 Order Cycle Time 23546
158 Order Fill Rate 34061
159 Order Fulfillment 6489
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10340
161 Parts Standardization 9341
162 PDCA Cycle 8069
163 Peak Load Pricing 13386
164 Perfect Order 13266
165 Physical Distribution 24979
166 Pick List 9866
167 Pipeline inventory 42408
168 Postponement 15312
169 Process Bottleneck 6320
170 Process Checklist Template 6948
171 Process Yield 20255
172 Product ID 15939
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10384
174 Production Capacity 27758
175 Production Orientation 25698
176 Production Planning 36695
177 Production Related Materials 7722
178 Production Scheduling 36125
179 Purchasing 22930
180 Quality Audit 7195
181 Quality Control 36435
182 Quality Standards 56645
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14241
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11970
185 Quick Response 11296
186 Raw Material 25425
187 Return Goods Handling 10446
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11422
189 Root Cause Analysis 9237
190 Routing 7028
 
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