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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 9740
92 External Growth 9955
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9334
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9910
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8639
97 Fishbone Diagram 14499
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26818
99 Flow Through Distribution 12199
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8066
101 FOB Destination 12903
102 Forward buying 29916
103 Freight Charge 10232
104 Freight Consolidation 7442
105 Gantt Chart 8212
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11603
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29402
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12573
109 Hub 23263
110 Idle Time 7977
111 Import/Export License 8617
112 In Bond Shipment 13783
113 Inbound Logistics 13433
114 Interstate System 10904
115 Inventory Costs 53259
116 Inventory in Transit 16302
117 Inventory Management 54393
118 Inventory Planning System 9702
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22149
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42166
121 JIT 2 18340
122 Job Production 27236
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8942
124 Kanban Squares 6751
125 Laid-Down Cost 10043
126 Lean Office 5941
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8481
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14063
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36857
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9123
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22758
134 Logistics Costs 26495
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6620
136 Manifest 10425
137 Marks and Numbers 12466
138 Material Planning 34925
139 Materials Management 26227
140 Milk Run 42865
141 Mini Land Bridge 14308
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9402
143 Modal Split 15265
144 Movement of Goods 19320
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31374
146 North West Corner Method 16773
147 Numeric Distribution 14057
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28389
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48185
150 Operational Efficiency 9847
151 Operational Objectives 13248
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18050
153 Operational Sustainability 27736
154 Operations Management 20406
155 Order Cancellation 10680
156 Order Cycle 18337
157 Order Cycle Time 23400
158 Order Fill Rate 33867
159 Order Fulfillment 6395
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10187
161 Parts Standardization 9218
162 PDCA Cycle 7911
163 Peak Load Pricing 13277
164 Perfect Order 13051
165 Physical Distribution 24792
166 Pick List 9744
167 Pipeline inventory 42205
168 Postponement 15178
169 Process Bottleneck 6194
170 Process Checklist Template 6838
171 Process Yield 20033
172 Product ID 15793
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10303
174 Production Capacity 27452
175 Production Orientation 25471
176 Production Planning 36220
177 Production Related Materials 7560
178 Production Scheduling 35626
179 Purchasing 22543
180 Quality Audit 7061
181 Quality Control 35815
182 Quality Standards 56305
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14062
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11848
185 Quick Response 11151
186 Raw Material 24984
187 Return Goods Handling 10326
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11100
189 Root Cause Analysis 9120
190 Routing 6928
 
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