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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 9935
92 External Growth 10225
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9652
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10962
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8966
97 Fishbone Diagram 14759
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27318
99 Flow Through Distribution 12469
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8322
101 FOB Destination 13211
102 Forward buying 30403
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7627
105 Gantt Chart 8377
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11904
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29763
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12830
109 Hub 23625
110 Idle Time 8178
111 Import/Export License 8841
112 In Bond Shipment 14121
113 Inbound Logistics 13744
114 Interstate System 11130
115 Inventory Costs 54075
116 Inventory in Transit 16720
117 Inventory Management 55244
118 Inventory Planning System 9985
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22497
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43390
121 JIT 2 18566
122 Job Production 28227
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9267
124 Kanban Squares 6967
125 Laid-Down Cost 10372
126 Lean Office 6247
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10920
128 Lee's Notation 8657
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14454
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37643
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9433
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7616
133 Logistics Channel 23069
134 Logistics Costs 26875
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6763
136 Manifest 10690
137 Marks and Numbers 12798
138 Material Planning 35364
139 Materials Management 26552
140 Milk Run 43375
141 Mini Land Bridge 14558
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9733
143 Modal Split 15600
144 Movement of Goods 19694
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31931
146 North West Corner Method 16976
147 Numeric Distribution 14395
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28752
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48806
150 Operational Efficiency 10059
151 Operational Objectives 13487
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18214
153 Operational Sustainability 28289
154 Operations Management 21099
155 Order Cancellation 10983
156 Order Cycle 18584
157 Order Cycle Time 23678
158 Order Fill Rate 34225
159 Order Fulfillment 6576
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10474
161 Parts Standardization 9426
162 PDCA Cycle 8134
163 Peak Load Pricing 13475
164 Perfect Order 13428
165 Physical Distribution 25166
166 Pick List 9972
167 Pipeline inventory 42588
168 Postponement 15449
169 Process Bottleneck 6418
170 Process Checklist Template 7020
171 Process Yield 20373
172 Product ID 16066
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10480
174 Production Capacity 28019
175 Production Orientation 25893
176 Production Planning 37074
177 Production Related Materials 7889
178 Production Scheduling 36439
179 Purchasing 23194
180 Quality Audit 7312
181 Quality Control 36887
182 Quality Standards 56912
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14360
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12069
185 Quick Response 11441
186 Raw Material 25774
187 Return Goods Handling 10562
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11634
189 Root Cause Analysis 9340
190 Routing 7102
 
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