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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 9571
94 Field Services 7778
95 Field Warehouse 10668
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8854
97 Fishbone Diagram 14673
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27160
99 Flow Through Distribution 12376
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8234
101 FOB Destination 13117
102 Forward buying 30289
103 Freight Charge 10458
104 Freight Consolidation 7578
105 Gantt Chart 8331
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29664
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12750
109 Hub 23525
110 Idle Time 8118
111 Import/Export License 8780
112 In Bond Shipment 14031
113 Inbound Logistics 13657
114 Interstate System 11063
115 Inventory Costs 53849
116 Inventory in Transit 16601
117 Inventory Management 54994
118 Inventory Planning System 9917
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22378
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43084
121 JIT 2 18499
122 Job Production 27910
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9194
124 Kanban Squares 6888
125 Laid-Down Cost 10273
126 Lean Office 6174
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10890
128 Lee's Notation 8614
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14332
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37433
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9344
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7566
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 35229
139 Materials Management 26452
140 Milk Run 43225
141 Mini Land Bridge 14476
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9638
143 Modal Split 15502
144 Movement of Goods 19557
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31793
146 North West Corner Method 16912
147 Numeric Distribution 14302
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28640
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48601
150 Operational Efficiency 9996
151 Operational Objectives 13416
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18167
153 Operational Sustainability 28157
154 Operations Management 20948
155 Order Cancellation 10896
156 Order Cycle 18508
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 13417
164 Perfect Order 13322
165 Physical Distribution 25043
166 Pick List 9903
167 Pipeline inventory 42466
168 Postponement 15350
169 Process Bottleneck 6349
170 Process Checklist Template 6971
171 Process Yield 20292
172 Product ID 15982
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10416
174 Production Capacity 27843
175 Production Orientation 25757
176 Production Planning 36830
177 Production Related Materials 7759
178 Production Scheduling 36245
179 Purchasing 23017
180 Quality Audit 7232
181 Quality Control 36600
182 Quality Standards 56740
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14273
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12002
185 Quick Response 11340
186 Raw Material 25574
187 Return Goods Handling 10481
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11495
189 Root Cause Analysis 9272
190 Routing 7053
 
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