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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 9827
92 External Growth 10070
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9489
94 Field Services 7741
95 Field Warehouse 10430
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8751
97 Fishbone Diagram 14602
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27015
99 Flow Through Distribution 12304
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8170
101 FOB Destination 13019
102 Forward buying 30132
103 Freight Charge 10387
104 Freight Consolidation 7525
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11726
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29576
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12673
109 Hub 23415
110 Idle Time 8064
111 Import/Export License 8713
112 In Bond Shipment 13940
113 Inbound Logistics 13576
114 Interstate System 10997
115 Inventory Costs 53606
116 Inventory in Transit 16505
117 Inventory Management 54762
118 Inventory Planning System 9845
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22287
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42678
121 JIT 2 18436
122 Job Production 27639
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9120
124 Kanban Squares 6828
125 Laid-Down Cost 10177
126 Lean Office 6104
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10852
128 Lee's Notation 8566
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14221
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37245
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9264
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7504
133 Logistics Channel 22897
134 Logistics Costs 26665
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6683
136 Manifest 10528
137 Marks and Numbers 12596
138 Material Planning 35092
139 Materials Management 26367
140 Milk Run 43095
141 Mini Land Bridge 14413
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9551
143 Modal Split 15414
144 Movement of Goods 19474
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31622
146 North West Corner Method 16859
147 Numeric Distribution 14219
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28545
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48432
150 Operational Efficiency 9941
151 Operational Objectives 13348
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18123
153 Operational Sustainability 27987
154 Operations Management 20729
155 Order Cancellation 10817
156 Order Cycle 18443
157 Order Cycle Time 23511
158 Order Fill Rate 34023
159 Order Fulfillment 6471
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10309
161 Parts Standardization 9311
162 PDCA Cycle 8038
163 Peak Load Pricing 13367
164 Perfect Order 13221
165 Physical Distribution 24938
166 Pick List 9841
167 Pipeline inventory 42356
168 Postponement 15287
169 Process Bottleneck 6294
170 Process Checklist Template 6927
171 Process Yield 20211
172 Product ID 15905
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10366
174 Production Capacity 27696
175 Production Orientation 25661
176 Production Planning 36585
177 Production Related Materials 7696
178 Production Scheduling 36036
179 Purchasing 22840
180 Quality Audit 7162
181 Quality Control 36308
182 Quality Standards 56567
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14199
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11947
185 Quick Response 11259
186 Raw Material 25320
187 Return Goods Handling 10418
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11351
189 Root Cause Analysis 9212
190 Routing 7009
 
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