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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 9532
92 External Growth 9745
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9145
94 Field Services 7536
95 Field Warehouse 9601
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8319
97 Fishbone Diagram 14209
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26374
99 Flow Through Distribution 11962
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7843
101 FOB Destination 12568
102 Forward buying 29589
103 Freight Charge 10026
104 Freight Consolidation 7237
105 Gantt Chart 8057
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11315
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28984
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12365
109 Hub 22922
110 Idle Time 7790
111 Import/Export License 8394
112 In Bond Shipment 13492
113 Inbound Logistics 13099
114 Interstate System 10735
115 Inventory Costs 52414
116 Inventory in Transit 15986
117 Inventory Management 53579
118 Inventory Planning System 9513
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21777
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40871
121 JIT 2 18140
122 Job Production 26317
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8666
124 Kanban Squares 6543
125 Laid-Down Cost 9821
126 Lean Office 5731
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10695
128 Lee's Notation 8271
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13687
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35978
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8882
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7185
133 Logistics Channel 22462
134 Logistics Costs 26153
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6495
136 Manifest 10142
137 Marks and Numbers 12174
138 Material Planning 34371
139 Materials Management 25929
140 Milk Run 42179
141 Mini Land Bridge 14046
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9081
143 Modal Split 14844
144 Movement of Goods 18992
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30917
146 North West Corner Method 16582
147 Numeric Distribution 13724
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28026
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47680
150 Operational Efficiency 9594
151 Operational Objectives 13030
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17881
153 Operational Sustainability 27335
154 Operations Management 19603
155 Order Cancellation 10300
156 Order Cycle 18084
157 Order Cycle Time 23035
158 Order Fill Rate 33506
159 Order Fulfillment 6219
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9974
161 Parts Standardization 9011
162 PDCA Cycle 7780
163 Peak Load Pricing 13033
164 Perfect Order 12702
165 Physical Distribution 24416
166 Pick List 9529
167 Pipeline inventory 41766
168 Postponement 14924
169 Process Bottleneck 5965
170 Process Checklist Template 6659
171 Process Yield 19776
172 Product ID 15538
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10146
174 Production Capacity 26835
175 Production Orientation 25179
176 Production Planning 35236
177 Production Related Materials 7216
178 Production Scheduling 34768
179 Purchasing 22027
180 Quality Audit 6808
181 Quality Control 34582
182 Quality Standards 55674
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13798
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11627
185 Quick Response 10801
186 Raw Material 24019
187 Return Goods Handling 10139
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10639
189 Root Cause Analysis 8923
190 Routing 6791
 
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