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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 9599
92 External Growth 9812
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9194
94 Field Services 7578
95 Field Warehouse 9674
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8411
97 Fishbone Diagram 14295
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26500
99 Flow Through Distribution 12032
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7911
101 FOB Destination 12668
102 Forward buying 29695
103 Freight Charge 10086
104 Freight Consolidation 7311
105 Gantt Chart 8103
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11399
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29154
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12413
109 Hub 23036
110 Idle Time 7857
111 Import/Export License 8467
112 In Bond Shipment 13597
113 Inbound Logistics 13201
114 Interstate System 10770
115 Inventory Costs 52715
116 Inventory in Transit 16078
117 Inventory Management 53810
118 Inventory Planning System 9570
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21900
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41319
121 JIT 2 18198
122 Job Production 26584
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8748
124 Kanban Squares 6609
125 Laid-Down Cost 9880
126 Lean Office 5792
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10728
128 Lee's Notation 8344
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13803
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36251
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8944
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7252
133 Logistics Channel 22550
134 Logistics Costs 26269
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6527
136 Manifest 10224
137 Marks and Numbers 12251
138 Material Planning 34545
139 Materials Management 26012
140 Milk Run 42404
141 Mini Land Bridge 14120
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9168
143 Modal Split 14960
144 Movement of Goods 19111
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31048
146 North West Corner Method 16637
147 Numeric Distribution 13830
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28125
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47833
150 Operational Efficiency 9668
151 Operational Objectives 13099
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17924
153 Operational Sustainability 27463
154 Operations Management 19847
155 Order Cancellation 10400
156 Order Cycle 18158
157 Order Cycle Time 23175
158 Order Fill Rate 33611
159 Order Fulfillment 6276
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10033
161 Parts Standardization 9064
162 PDCA Cycle 7809
163 Peak Load Pricing 13111
164 Perfect Order 12801
165 Physical Distribution 24539
166 Pick List 9596
167 Pipeline inventory 41928
168 Postponement 15015
169 Process Bottleneck 6037
170 Process Checklist Template 6706
171 Process Yield 19853
172 Product ID 15619
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10184
174 Production Capacity 27045
175 Production Orientation 25254
176 Production Planning 35582
177 Production Related Materials 7303
178 Production Scheduling 35049
179 Purchasing 22192
180 Quality Audit 6891
181 Quality Control 35021
182 Quality Standards 55885
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13881
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11696
185 Quick Response 10900
186 Raw Material 24370
187 Return Goods Handling 10183
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10800
189 Root Cause Analysis 8977
190 Routing 6825
 
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