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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 9781
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10211
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8698
97 Fishbone Diagram 14549
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26915
99 Flow Through Distribution 12254
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12965
102 Forward buying 29996
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7486
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29487
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23339
110 Idle Time 8016
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13866
113 Inbound Logistics 13506
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53415
116 Inventory in Transit 16367
117 Inventory Management 54551
118 Inventory Planning System 9739
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22224
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42441
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27425
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8998
124 Kanban Squares 6790
125 Laid-Down Cost 10104
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10829
128 Lee's Notation 8523
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14144
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37056
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9198
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7400
133 Logistics Channel 22825
134 Logistics Costs 26571
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6646
136 Manifest 10480
137 Marks and Numbers 12548
138 Material Planning 35001
139 Materials Management 26295
140 Milk Run 42992
141 Mini Land Bridge 14362
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9479
143 Modal Split 15347
144 Movement of Goods 19386
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31487
146 North West Corner Method 16817
147 Numeric Distribution 14142
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28463
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48310
150 Operational Efficiency 9894
151 Operational Objectives 13293
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18087
153 Operational Sustainability 27839
154 Operations Management 20553
155 Order Cancellation 10753
156 Order Cycle 18381
157 Order Cycle Time 23442
158 Order Fill Rate 33942
159 Order Fulfillment 6434
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10252
161 Parts Standardization 9266
162 PDCA Cycle 7938
163 Peak Load Pricing 13320
164 Perfect Order 13137
165 Physical Distribution 24855
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42284
168 Postponement 15240
169 Process Bottleneck 6243
170 Process Checklist Template 6884
171 Process Yield 20088
172 Product ID 15843
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10336
174 Production Capacity 27587
175 Production Orientation 25564
176 Production Planning 36407
177 Production Related Materials 7631
178 Production Scheduling 35879
179 Purchasing 22659
180 Quality Audit 7109
181 Quality Control 36078
182 Quality Standards 56438
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14127
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11894
185 Quick Response 11207
186 Raw Material 25160
187 Return Goods Handling 10369
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11199
189 Root Cause Analysis 9164
190 Routing 6969
 
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