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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 9950
92 External Growth 10245
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9677
94 Field Services 7841
95 Field Warehouse 11055
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8996
97 Fishbone Diagram 14784
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27361
99 Flow Through Distribution 12495
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8349
101 FOB Destination 13235
102 Forward buying 30442
103 Freight Charge 10534
104 Freight Consolidation 7639
105 Gantt Chart 8389
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11939
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29784
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12854
109 Hub 23658
110 Idle Time 8197
111 Import/Export License 8860
112 In Bond Shipment 14145
113 Inbound Logistics 13762
114 Interstate System 11147
115 Inventory Costs 54127
116 Inventory in Transit 16757
117 Inventory Management 55314
118 Inventory Planning System 10007
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22526
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43496
121 JIT 2 18586
122 Job Production 28306
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9286
124 Kanban Squares 6983
125 Laid-Down Cost 10396
126 Lean Office 6262
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10928
128 Lee's Notation 8675
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14484
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37683
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9456
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7631
133 Logistics Channel 23088
134 Logistics Costs 26900
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6774
136 Manifest 10711
137 Marks and Numbers 12830
138 Material Planning 35400
139 Materials Management 26582
140 Milk Run 43406
141 Mini Land Bridge 14575
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9753
143 Modal Split 15622
144 Movement of Goods 19734
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31960
146 North West Corner Method 16989
147 Numeric Distribution 14417
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28777
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48850
150 Operational Efficiency 10077
151 Operational Objectives 13501
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18229
153 Operational Sustainability 28319
154 Operations Management 21130
155 Order Cancellation 11003
156 Order Cycle 18600
157 Order Cycle Time 23702
158 Order Fill Rate 34261
159 Order Fulfillment 6594
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10492
161 Parts Standardization 9447
162 PDCA Cycle 8145
163 Peak Load Pricing 13490
164 Perfect Order 13448
165 Physical Distribution 25195
166 Pick List 9994
167 Pipeline inventory 42616
168 Postponement 15468
169 Process Bottleneck 6436
170 Process Checklist Template 7031
171 Process Yield 20388
172 Product ID 16084
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10499
174 Production Capacity 28060
175 Production Orientation 25924
176 Production Planning 37136
177 Production Related Materials 7908
178 Production Scheduling 36492
179 Purchasing 23237
180 Quality Audit 7333
181 Quality Control 36963
182 Quality Standards 56953
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14380
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12090
185 Quick Response 11468
186 Raw Material 25817
187 Return Goods Handling 10581
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11673
189 Root Cause Analysis 9353
190 Routing 7119
 
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