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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 9604
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9201
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9678
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8421
97 Fishbone Diagram 14298
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26509
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7919
101 FOB Destination 12673
102 Forward buying 29706
103 Freight Charge 10090
104 Freight Consolidation 7315
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11409
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29162
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12420
109 Hub 23045
110 Idle Time 7862
111 Import/Export License 8474
112 In Bond Shipment 13607
113 Inbound Logistics 13205
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52734
116 Inventory in Transit 16089
117 Inventory Management 53826
118 Inventory Planning System 9576
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21910
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41352
121 JIT 2 18203
122 Job Production 26610
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8756
124 Kanban Squares 6613
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5798
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10732
128 Lee's Notation 8348
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13810
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36270
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8949
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7257
133 Logistics Channel 22556
134 Logistics Costs 26274
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6533
136 Manifest 10229
137 Marks and Numbers 12256
138 Material Planning 34560
139 Materials Management 26018
140 Milk Run 42422
141 Mini Land Bridge 14123
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9179
143 Modal Split 14971
144 Movement of Goods 19120
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31057
146 North West Corner Method 16642
147 Numeric Distribution 13840
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28136
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47843
150 Operational Efficiency 9674
151 Operational Objectives 13103
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17927
153 Operational Sustainability 27478
154 Operations Management 19861
155 Order Cancellation 10407
156 Order Cycle 18162
157 Order Cycle Time 23182
158 Order Fill Rate 33622
159 Order Fulfillment 6280
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10038
161 Parts Standardization 9072
162 PDCA Cycle 7812
163 Peak Load Pricing 13122
164 Perfect Order 12813
165 Physical Distribution 24548
166 Pick List 9601
167 Pipeline inventory 41935
168 Postponement 15018
169 Process Bottleneck 6041
170 Process Checklist Template 6710
171 Process Yield 19858
172 Product ID 15625
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10186
174 Production Capacity 27073
175 Production Orientation 25259
176 Production Planning 35609
177 Production Related Materials 7309
178 Production Scheduling 35070
179 Purchasing 22205
180 Quality Audit 6900
181 Quality Control 35047
182 Quality Standards 55902
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13892
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11700
185 Quick Response 10906
186 Raw Material 24394
187 Return Goods Handling 10188
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10811
189 Root Cause Analysis 8983
190 Routing 6827
 
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