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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 9582
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8380
97 Fishbone Diagram 14272
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26463
99 Flow Through Distribution 12001
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12638
102 Forward buying 29665
103 Freight Charge 10065
104 Freight Consolidation 7288
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11363
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29122
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12399
109 Hub 22994
110 Idle Time 7836
111 Import/Export License 8446
112 In Bond Shipment 13569
113 Inbound Logistics 13171
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52622
116 Inventory in Transit 16049
117 Inventory Management 53739
118 Inventory Planning System 9549
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21852
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41189
121 JIT 2 18182
122 Job Production 26492
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8725
124 Kanban Squares 6587
125 Laid-Down Cost 9866
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13763
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36186
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8926
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7222
133 Logistics Channel 22518
134 Logistics Costs 26231
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6518
136 Manifest 10197
137 Marks and Numbers 12228
138 Material Planning 34503
139 Materials Management 25986
140 Milk Run 42338
141 Mini Land Bridge 14094
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9142
143 Modal Split 14918
144 Movement of Goods 19078
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31011
146 North West Corner Method 16619
147 Numeric Distribution 13802
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28096
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47784
150 Operational Efficiency 9644
151 Operational Objectives 13078
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17913
153 Operational Sustainability 27421
154 Operations Management 19771
155 Order Cancellation 10368
156 Order Cycle 18129
157 Order Cycle Time 23144
158 Order Fill Rate 33568
159 Order Fulfillment 6258
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10015
161 Parts Standardization 9045
162 PDCA Cycle 7799
163 Peak Load Pricing 13080
164 Perfect Order 12765
165 Physical Distribution 24503
166 Pick List 9570
167 Pipeline inventory 41879
168 Postponement 14990
169 Process Bottleneck 6009
170 Process Checklist Template 6692
171 Process Yield 19833
172 Product ID 15593
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10175
174 Production Capacity 26975
175 Production Orientation 25230
176 Production Planning 35476
177 Production Related Materials 7276
178 Production Scheduling 34963
179 Purchasing 22140
180 Quality Audit 6862
181 Quality Control 34899
182 Quality Standards 55827
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13862
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11675
185 Quick Response 10866
186 Raw Material 24259
187 Return Goods Handling 10166
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10753
189 Root Cause Analysis 8963
190 Routing 6815
 
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