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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 9871
92 External Growth 10143
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9572
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10672
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8855
97 Fishbone Diagram 14674
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27162
99 Flow Through Distribution 12377
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8235
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30291
103 Freight Charge 10459
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8331
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29665
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12750
109 Hub 23525
110 Idle Time 8118
111 Import/Export License 8781
112 In Bond Shipment 14033
113 Inbound Logistics 13657
114 Interstate System 11064
115 Inventory Costs 53851
116 Inventory in Transit 16602
117 Inventory Management 54997
118 Inventory Planning System 9917
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22378
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43088
121 JIT 2 18500
122 Job Production 27913
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9196
124 Kanban Squares 6889
125 Laid-Down Cost 10276
126 Lean Office 6176
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10891
128 Lee's Notation 8615
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14333
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37436
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9345
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7569
133 Logistics Channel 22981
134 Logistics Costs 26755
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10605
137 Marks and Numbers 12692
138 Material Planning 35232
139 Materials Management 26453
140 Milk Run 43227
141 Mini Land Bridge 14477
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9639
143 Modal Split 15503
144 Movement of Goods 19561
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31795
146 North West Corner Method 16912
147 Numeric Distribution 14303
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28641
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48602
150 Operational Efficiency 9996
151 Operational Objectives 13416
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18168
153 Operational Sustainability 28158
154 Operations Management 20950
155 Order Cancellation 10898
156 Order Cycle 18511
157 Order Cycle Time 23587
158 Order Fill Rate 34126
159 Order Fulfillment 6519
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10385
161 Parts Standardization 9373
162 PDCA Cycle 8095
163 Peak Load Pricing 13418
164 Perfect Order 13323
165 Physical Distribution 25045
166 Pick List 9904
167 Pipeline inventory 42467
168 Postponement 15351
169 Process Bottleneck 6351
170 Process Checklist Template 6972
171 Process Yield 20295
172 Product ID 15984
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10418
174 Production Capacity 27845
175 Production Orientation 25761
176 Production Planning 36834
177 Production Related Materials 7761
178 Production Scheduling 36248
179 Purchasing 23019
180 Quality Audit 7233
181 Quality Control 36604
182 Quality Standards 56741
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14273
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12003
185 Quick Response 11341
186 Raw Material 25575
187 Return Goods Handling 10481
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11497
189 Root Cause Analysis 9273
190 Routing 7055
 
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