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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 9809
92 External Growth 10047
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9400
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10373
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8734
97 Fishbone Diagram 14579
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26977
99 Flow Through Distribution 12285
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8148
101 FOB Destination 12996
102 Forward buying 30039
103 Freight Charge 10299
104 Freight Consolidation 7507
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11702
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29540
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12655
109 Hub 23383
110 Idle Time 8048
111 Import/Export License 8691
112 In Bond Shipment 13913
113 Inbound Logistics 13550
114 Interstate System 10981
115 Inventory Costs 53540
116 Inventory in Transit 16413
117 Inventory Management 54646
118 Inventory Planning System 9758
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22256
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42584
121 JIT 2 18410
122 Job Production 27557
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9033
124 Kanban Squares 6812
125 Laid-Down Cost 10139
126 Lean Office 6014
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8546
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14191
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37142
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9236
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7415
133 Logistics Channel 22870
134 Logistics Costs 26628
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6670
136 Manifest 10508
137 Marks and Numbers 12578
138 Material Planning 35053
139 Materials Management 26336
140 Milk Run 43060
141 Mini Land Bridge 14394
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9523
143 Modal Split 15387
144 Movement of Goods 19443
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31569
146 North West Corner Method 16847
147 Numeric Distribution 14190
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28510
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48375
150 Operational Efficiency 9920
151 Operational Objectives 13325
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18107
153 Operational Sustainability 27893
154 Operations Management 20619
155 Order Cancellation 10796
156 Order Cycle 18423
157 Order Cycle Time 23482
158 Order Fill Rate 33988
159 Order Fulfillment 6459
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10283
161 Parts Standardization 9292
162 PDCA Cycle 7951
163 Peak Load Pricing 13349
164 Perfect Order 13196
165 Physical Distribution 24904
166 Pick List 9823
167 Pipeline inventory 42333
168 Postponement 15271
169 Process Bottleneck 6266
170 Process Checklist Template 6912
171 Process Yield 20116
172 Product ID 15877
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10353
174 Production Capacity 27658
175 Production Orientation 25615
176 Production Planning 36518
177 Production Related Materials 7667
178 Production Scheduling 35983
179 Purchasing 22737
180 Quality Audit 7140
181 Quality Control 36229
182 Quality Standards 56521
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14173
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11923
185 Quick Response 11237
186 Raw Material 25251
187 Return Goods Handling 10403
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11256
189 Root Cause Analysis 9195
190 Routing 6992
 
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