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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 9900
92 External Growth 10176
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9603
94 Field Services 7797
95 Field Warehouse 10800
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8899
97 Fishbone Diagram 14704
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27230
99 Flow Through Distribution 12417
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8275
101 FOB Destination 13156
102 Forward buying 30345
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7597
105 Gantt Chart 8351
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11840
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29707
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12785
109 Hub 23567
110 Idle Time 8145
111 Import/Export License 8809
112 In Bond Shipment 14078
113 Inbound Logistics 13693
114 Interstate System 11094
115 Inventory Costs 53959
116 Inventory in Transit 16651
117 Inventory Management 55100
118 Inventory Planning System 9947
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22424
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43198
121 JIT 2 18533
122 Job Production 28042
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9227
124 Kanban Squares 6927
125 Laid-Down Cost 10312
126 Lean Office 6209
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10903
128 Lee's Notation 8632
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14384
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37517
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9381
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7591
133 Logistics Channel 23024
134 Logistics Costs 26817
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6739
136 Manifest 10642
137 Marks and Numbers 12737
138 Material Planning 35290
139 Materials Management 26499
140 Milk Run 43293
141 Mini Land Bridge 14514
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9684
143 Modal Split 15549
144 Movement of Goods 19602
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31848
146 North West Corner Method 16942
147 Numeric Distribution 14346
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28687
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48688
150 Operational Efficiency 10021
151 Operational Objectives 13455
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18191
153 Operational Sustainability 28209
154 Operations Management 21013
155 Order Cancellation 10929
156 Order Cycle 18543
157 Order Cycle Time 23626
158 Order Fill Rate 34168
159 Order Fulfillment 6546
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10420
161 Parts Standardization 9399
162 PDCA Cycle 8114
163 Peak Load Pricing 13443
164 Perfect Order 13369
165 Physical Distribution 25100
166 Pick List 9928
167 Pipeline inventory 42519
168 Postponement 15386
169 Process Bottleneck 6383
170 Process Checklist Template 6999
171 Process Yield 20331
172 Product ID 16021
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10440
174 Production Capacity 27921
175 Production Orientation 25811
176 Production Planning 36940
177 Production Related Materials 7816
178 Production Scheduling 36329
179 Purchasing 23094
180 Quality Audit 7261
181 Quality Control 36717
182 Quality Standards 56811
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14306
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12035
185 Quick Response 11389
186 Raw Material 25665
187 Return Goods Handling 10519
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11556
189 Root Cause Analysis 9302
190 Routing 7079
 
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