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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 9645
92 External Growth 9856
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9238
94 Field Services 7605
95 Field Warehouse 9726
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8491
97 Fishbone Diagram 14360
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26604
99 Flow Through Distribution 12089
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7961
101 FOB Destination 12736
102 Forward buying 29786
103 Freight Charge 10132
104 Freight Consolidation 7359
105 Gantt Chart 8137
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11483
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29239
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12465
109 Hub 23110
110 Idle Time 7894
111 Import/Export License 8518
112 In Bond Shipment 13666
113 Inbound Logistics 13265
114 Interstate System 10801
115 Inventory Costs 52895
116 Inventory in Transit 16154
117 Inventory Management 53988
118 Inventory Planning System 9617
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22000
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41600
121 JIT 2 18251
122 Job Production 26807
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8815
124 Kanban Squares 6661
125 Laid-Down Cost 9926
126 Lean Office 5844
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8393
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13892
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36456
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8991
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7302
133 Logistics Channel 22612
134 Logistics Costs 26347
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6562
136 Manifest 10290
137 Marks and Numbers 12300
138 Material Planning 34672
139 Materials Management 26074
140 Milk Run 42581
141 Mini Land Bridge 14186
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9256
143 Modal Split 15060
144 Movement of Goods 19181
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31163
146 North West Corner Method 16673
147 Numeric Distribution 13903
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28202
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47949
150 Operational Efficiency 9738
151 Operational Objectives 13149
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17962
153 Operational Sustainability 27565
154 Operations Management 20032
155 Order Cancellation 10484
156 Order Cycle 18208
157 Order Cycle Time 23260
158 Order Fill Rate 33700
159 Order Fulfillment 6321
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10069
161 Parts Standardization 9117
162 PDCA Cycle 7841
163 Peak Load Pricing 13181
164 Perfect Order 12885
165 Physical Distribution 24632
166 Pick List 9651
167 Pipeline inventory 42027
168 Postponement 15073
169 Process Bottleneck 6088
170 Process Checklist Template 6736
171 Process Yield 19910
172 Product ID 15676
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10222
174 Production Capacity 27224
175 Production Orientation 25320
176 Production Planning 35796
177 Production Related Materials 7365
178 Production Scheduling 35244
179 Purchasing 22316
180 Quality Audit 6957
181 Quality Control 35316
182 Quality Standards 56038
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13945
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11750
185 Quick Response 10987
186 Raw Material 24602
187 Return Goods Handling 10223
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10896
189 Root Cause Analysis 9026
190 Routing 6853
 
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