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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 9657
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9252
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9734
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8513
97 Fishbone Diagram 14381
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26635
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7976
101 FOB Destination 12760
102 Forward buying 29803
103 Freight Charge 10142
104 Freight Consolidation 7369
105 Gantt Chart 8148
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11498
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29254
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12476
109 Hub 23130
110 Idle Time 7904
111 Import/Export License 8530
112 In Bond Shipment 13684
113 Inbound Logistics 13283
114 Interstate System 10816
115 Inventory Costs 52941
116 Inventory in Transit 16172
117 Inventory Management 54030
118 Inventory Planning System 9626
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22019
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41663
121 JIT 2 18264
122 Job Production 26867
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8836
124 Kanban Squares 6677
125 Laid-Down Cost 9934
126 Lean Office 5856
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10765
128 Lee's Notation 8401
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13911
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36501
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9004
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22629
134 Logistics Costs 26361
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6567
136 Manifest 10308
137 Marks and Numbers 12316
138 Material Planning 34707
139 Materials Management 26094
140 Milk Run 42632
141 Mini Land Bridge 14202
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9277
143 Modal Split 15077
144 Movement of Goods 19195
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31186
146 North West Corner Method 16684
147 Numeric Distribution 13924
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28226
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47982
150 Operational Efficiency 9748
151 Operational Objectives 13161
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17972
153 Operational Sustainability 27584
154 Operations Management 20079
155 Order Cancellation 10510
156 Order Cycle 18226
157 Order Cycle Time 23277
158 Order Fill Rate 33721
159 Order Fulfillment 6332
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10084
161 Parts Standardization 9133
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12905
165 Physical Distribution 24656
166 Pick List 9663
167 Pipeline inventory 42054
168 Postponement 15086
169 Process Bottleneck 6101
170 Process Checklist Template 6746
171 Process Yield 19928
172 Product ID 15697
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10234
174 Production Capacity 27249
175 Production Orientation 25342
176 Production Planning 35856
177 Production Related Materials 7381
178 Production Scheduling 35293
179 Purchasing 22345
180 Quality Audit 6973
181 Quality Control 35379
182 Quality Standards 56071
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13959
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11765
185 Quick Response 11009
186 Raw Material 24653
187 Return Goods Handling 10242
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10921
189 Root Cause Analysis 9041
190 Routing 6863
 
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