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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 9947
92 External Growth 10242
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9673
94 Field Services 7837
95 Field Warehouse 11045
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8993
97 Fishbone Diagram 14781
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27359
99 Flow Through Distribution 12490
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8346
101 FOB Destination 13230
102 Forward buying 30438
103 Freight Charge 10532
104 Freight Consolidation 7636
105 Gantt Chart 8387
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11937
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29780
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12851
109 Hub 23655
110 Idle Time 8196
111 Import/Export License 8857
112 In Bond Shipment 14141
113 Inbound Logistics 13760
114 Interstate System 11143
115 Inventory Costs 54117
116 Inventory in Transit 16754
117 Inventory Management 55307
118 Inventory Planning System 10006
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22523
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43480
121 JIT 2 18584
122 Job Production 28296
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9283
124 Kanban Squares 6982
125 Laid-Down Cost 10394
126 Lean Office 6259
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10927
128 Lee's Notation 8674
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14482
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37680
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9453
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7628
133 Logistics Channel 23087
134 Logistics Costs 26897
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6772
136 Manifest 10710
137 Marks and Numbers 12825
138 Material Planning 35392
139 Materials Management 26577
140 Milk Run 43403
141 Mini Land Bridge 14571
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9748
143 Modal Split 15620
144 Movement of Goods 19731
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31958
146 North West Corner Method 16985
147 Numeric Distribution 14414
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28775
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48844
150 Operational Efficiency 10073
151 Operational Objectives 13500
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18229
153 Operational Sustainability 28316
154 Operations Management 21125
155 Order Cancellation 11000
156 Order Cycle 18597
157 Order Cycle Time 23699
158 Order Fill Rate 34257
159 Order Fulfillment 6592
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10489
161 Parts Standardization 9440
162 PDCA Cycle 8143
163 Peak Load Pricing 13487
164 Perfect Order 13444
165 Physical Distribution 25190
166 Pick List 9990
167 Pipeline inventory 42612
168 Postponement 15465
169 Process Bottleneck 6435
170 Process Checklist Template 7029
171 Process Yield 20384
172 Product ID 16080
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10496
174 Production Capacity 28054
175 Production Orientation 25921
176 Production Planning 37129
177 Production Related Materials 7905
178 Production Scheduling 36486
179 Purchasing 23233
180 Quality Audit 7329
181 Quality Control 36952
182 Quality Standards 56947
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14378
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12087
185 Quick Response 11466
186 Raw Material 25812
187 Return Goods Handling 10579
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11669
189 Root Cause Analysis 9351
190 Routing 7115
 
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