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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 9937
92 External Growth 10227
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9655
94 Field Services 7827
95 Field Warehouse 10969
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8969
97 Fishbone Diagram 14760
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27321
99 Flow Through Distribution 12472
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8324
101 FOB Destination 13214
102 Forward buying 30405
103 Freight Charge 10519
104 Freight Consolidation 7628
105 Gantt Chart 8379
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11906
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29764
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12831
109 Hub 23627
110 Idle Time 8179
111 Import/Export License 8844
112 In Bond Shipment 14125
113 Inbound Logistics 13746
114 Interstate System 11130
115 Inventory Costs 54081
116 Inventory in Transit 16723
117 Inventory Management 55250
118 Inventory Planning System 9987
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22501
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43399
121 JIT 2 18568
122 Job Production 28233
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9268
124 Kanban Squares 6969
125 Laid-Down Cost 10373
126 Lean Office 6249
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10921
128 Lee's Notation 8658
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14456
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37649
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9434
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7617
133 Logistics Channel 23070
134 Logistics Costs 26876
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10693
137 Marks and Numbers 12799
138 Material Planning 35368
139 Materials Management 26555
140 Milk Run 43376
141 Mini Land Bridge 14560
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9735
143 Modal Split 15603
144 Movement of Goods 19696
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31934
146 North West Corner Method 16977
147 Numeric Distribution 14397
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28758
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48807
150 Operational Efficiency 10060
151 Operational Objectives 13490
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18214
153 Operational Sustainability 28289
154 Operations Management 21102
155 Order Cancellation 10985
156 Order Cycle 18586
157 Order Cycle Time 23680
158 Order Fill Rate 34227
159 Order Fulfillment 6577
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10477
161 Parts Standardization 9429
162 PDCA Cycle 8136
163 Peak Load Pricing 13477
164 Perfect Order 13429
165 Physical Distribution 25167
166 Pick List 9973
167 Pipeline inventory 42596
168 Postponement 15452
169 Process Bottleneck 6420
170 Process Checklist Template 7020
171 Process Yield 20373
172 Product ID 16067
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10481
174 Production Capacity 28023
175 Production Orientation 25895
176 Production Planning 37080
177 Production Related Materials 7890
178 Production Scheduling 36442
179 Purchasing 23195
180 Quality Audit 7315
181 Quality Control 36896
182 Quality Standards 56914
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14361
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12071
185 Quick Response 11444
186 Raw Material 25776
187 Return Goods Handling 10564
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11637
189 Root Cause Analysis 9341
190 Routing 7103
 
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