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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 9596
92 External Growth 9811
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9191
94 Field Services 7576
95 Field Warehouse 9673
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8407
97 Fishbone Diagram 14293
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26496
99 Flow Through Distribution 12030
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7907
101 FOB Destination 12664
102 Forward buying 29692
103 Freight Charge 10085
104 Freight Consolidation 7309
105 Gantt Chart 8102
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11397
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29150
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12412
109 Hub 23029
110 Idle Time 7854
111 Import/Export License 8465
112 In Bond Shipment 13593
113 Inbound Logistics 13195
114 Interstate System 10769
115 Inventory Costs 52707
116 Inventory in Transit 16073
117 Inventory Management 53806
118 Inventory Planning System 9567
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21895
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41310
121 JIT 2 18196
122 Job Production 26578
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8746
124 Kanban Squares 6607
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5789
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8343
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13800
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36243
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8941
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7248
133 Logistics Channel 22546
134 Logistics Costs 26264
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6526
136 Manifest 10221
137 Marks and Numbers 12248
138 Material Planning 34537
139 Materials Management 26009
140 Milk Run 42400
141 Mini Land Bridge 14115
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9165
143 Modal Split 14958
144 Movement of Goods 19106
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31043
146 North West Corner Method 16634
147 Numeric Distribution 13826
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28121
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47829
150 Operational Efficiency 9666
151 Operational Objectives 13097
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17923
153 Operational Sustainability 27459
154 Operations Management 19842
155 Order Cancellation 10395
156 Order Cycle 18156
157 Order Cycle Time 23173
158 Order Fill Rate 33608
159 Order Fulfillment 6275
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10029
161 Parts Standardization 9061
162 PDCA Cycle 7808
163 Peak Load Pricing 13110
164 Perfect Order 12799
165 Physical Distribution 24536
166 Pick List 9593
167 Pipeline inventory 41921
168 Postponement 15013
169 Process Bottleneck 6033
170 Process Checklist Template 6706
171 Process Yield 19852
172 Product ID 15616
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27041
175 Production Orientation 25254
176 Production Planning 35575
177 Production Related Materials 7302
178 Production Scheduling 35041
179 Purchasing 22186
180 Quality Audit 6887
181 Quality Control 35010
182 Quality Standards 55879
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13879
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11693
185 Quick Response 10895
186 Raw Material 24362
187 Return Goods Handling 10182
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10796
189 Root Cause Analysis 8977
190 Routing 6825
 
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