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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 9172
92 External Growth 9338
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 8757
94 Field Services 7274
95 Field Warehouse 9257
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 7663
97 Fishbone Diagram 13735
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 25538
99 Flow Through Distribution 11487
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7443
101 FOB Destination 12036
102 Forward buying 28923
103 Freight Charge 9612
104 Freight Consolidation 6873
105 Gantt Chart 7733
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 10795
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28076
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 11952
109 Hub 22264
110 Idle Time 7442
111 Import/Export License 7986
112 In Bond Shipment 12834
113 Inbound Logistics 12484
114 Interstate System 10430
115 Inventory Costs 50707
116 Inventory in Transit 15285
117 Inventory Management 52127
118 Inventory Planning System 8979
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 20993
120 JIT (Just In Time) 38299
121 JIT 2 17804
122 Job Production 24890
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8239
124 Kanban Squares 6266
125 Laid-Down Cost 9277
126 Lean Office 5456
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10489
128 Lee's Notation 7916
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13012
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 34677
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8380
132 Linear and Logistics Model 6813
133 Logistics Channel 21922
134 Logistics Costs 25437
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6157
136 Manifest 9588
137 Marks and Numbers 11678
138 Material Planning 33319
139 Materials Management 25280
140 Milk Run 40647
141 Mini Land Bridge 13605
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 8629
143 Modal Split 14237
144 Movement of Goods 18357
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30107
146 North West Corner Method 16211
147 Numeric Distribution 13079
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27503
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 46819
150 Operational Efficiency 9134
151 Operational Objectives 12564
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17514
153 Operational Sustainability 26582
154 Operations Management 18134
155 Order Cancellation 9726
156 Order Cycle 17656
157 Order Cycle Time 22472
158 Order Fill Rate 32812
159 Order Fulfillment 5887
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9620
161 Parts Standardization 8619
162 PDCA Cycle 7517
163 Peak Load Pricing 12664
164 Perfect Order 12109
165 Physical Distribution 23816
166 Pick List 9079
167 Pipeline inventory 40997
168 Postponement 14475
169 Process Bottleneck 5643
170 Process Checklist Template 6364
171 Process Yield 19236
172 Product ID 15052
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 9887
174 Production Capacity 25463
175 Production Orientation 24583
176 Production Planning 33104
177 Production Related Materials 6735
178 Production Scheduling 33122
179 Purchasing 20784
180 Quality Audit 6367
181 Quality Control 32003
182 Quality Standards 54458
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13406
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11170
185 Quick Response 10263
186 Raw Material 22206
187 Return Goods Handling 9847
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 9855
189 Root Cause Analysis 8501
190 Routing 6532
 
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