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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 9700
92 External Growth 9913
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9291
94 Field Services 7644
95 Field Warehouse 9777
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8569
97 Fishbone Diagram 14446
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26731
99 Flow Through Distribution 12150
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8024
101 FOB Destination 12834
102 Forward buying 29855
103 Freight Charge 10190
104 Freight Consolidation 7409
105 Gantt Chart 8186
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11552
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29334
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12527
109 Hub 23197
110 Idle Time 7940
111 Import/Export License 8579
112 In Bond Shipment 13737
113 Inbound Logistics 13366
114 Interstate System 10856
115 Inventory Costs 53109
116 Inventory in Transit 16242
117 Inventory Management 54212
118 Inventory Planning System 9668
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22090
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41911
121 JIT 2 18304
122 Job Production 27043
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8893
124 Kanban Squares 6715
125 Laid-Down Cost 9991
126 Lean Office 5897
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8441
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13989
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36668
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9063
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7339
133 Logistics Channel 22700
134 Logistics Costs 26432
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6595
136 Manifest 10371
137 Marks and Numbers 12383
138 Material Planning 34817
139 Materials Management 26165
140 Milk Run 42755
141 Mini Land Bridge 14252
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9336
143 Modal Split 15175
144 Movement of Goods 19257
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31285
146 North West Corner Method 16734
147 Numeric Distribution 13986
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28302
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48082
150 Operational Efficiency 9797
151 Operational Objectives 13203
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18005
153 Operational Sustainability 27655
154 Operations Management 20235
155 Order Cancellation 10607
156 Order Cycle 18277
157 Order Cycle Time 23340
158 Order Fill Rate 33789
159 Order Fulfillment 6363
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10132
161 Parts Standardization 9173
162 PDCA Cycle 7881
163 Peak Load Pricing 13235
164 Perfect Order 12968
165 Physical Distribution 24729
166 Pick List 9706
167 Pipeline inventory 42136
168 Postponement 15127
169 Process Bottleneck 6144
170 Process Checklist Template 6798
171 Process Yield 19987
172 Product ID 15752
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10266
174 Production Capacity 27365
175 Production Orientation 25404
176 Production Planning 36044
177 Production Related Materials 7468
178 Production Scheduling 35459
179 Purchasing 22435
180 Quality Audit 7023
181 Quality Control 35606
182 Quality Standards 56178
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14010
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11808
185 Quick Response 11091
186 Raw Material 24824
187 Return Goods Handling 10286
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11004
189 Root Cause Analysis 9081
190 Routing 6891
 
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