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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 9846
92 External Growth 10103
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9538
94 Field Services 7759
95 Field Warehouse 10556
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8799
97 Fishbone Diagram 14632
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27084
99 Flow Through Distribution 12337
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
101 FOB Destination 13063
102 Forward buying 30216
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7550
105 Gantt Chart 8307
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11758
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29619
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12714
109 Hub 23467
110 Idle Time 8087
111 Import/Export License 8743
112 In Bond Shipment 13993
113 Inbound Logistics 13619
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53730
116 Inventory in Transit 16566
117 Inventory Management 54897
118 Inventory Planning System 9892
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22334
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42861
121 JIT 2 18464
122 Job Production 27783
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9165
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10221
126 Lean Office 6143
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8584
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14273
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37350
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9304
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7546
133 Logistics Channel 22945
134 Logistics Costs 26716
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6705
136 Manifest 10563
137 Marks and Numbers 12637
138 Material Planning 35166
139 Materials Management 26405
140 Milk Run 43155
141 Mini Land Bridge 14442
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9590
143 Modal Split 15459
144 Movement of Goods 19516
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31711
146 North West Corner Method 16887
147 Numeric Distribution 14255
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28589
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48506
150 Operational Efficiency 9969
151 Operational Objectives 13383
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18142
153 Operational Sustainability 28079
154 Operations Management 20868
155 Order Cancellation 10859
156 Order Cycle 18472
157 Order Cycle Time 23549
158 Order Fill Rate 34069
159 Order Fulfillment 6492
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10343
161 Parts Standardization 9343
162 PDCA Cycle 8069
163 Peak Load Pricing 13388
164 Perfect Order 13273
165 Physical Distribution 24991
166 Pick List 9868
167 Pipeline inventory 42415
168 Postponement 15315
169 Process Bottleneck 6320
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
171 Process Yield 20255
172 Product ID 15943
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10387
174 Production Capacity 27770
175 Production Orientation 25704
176 Production Planning 36710
177 Production Related Materials 7725
178 Production Scheduling 36139
179 Purchasing 22939
180 Quality Audit 7196
181 Quality Control 36455
182 Quality Standards 56658
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14243
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11972
185 Quick Response 11298
186 Raw Material 25446
187 Return Goods Handling 10449
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11428
189 Root Cause Analysis 9241
190 Routing 7028
 
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