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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 9568
92 External Growth 9767
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9161
94 Field Services 7558
95 Field Warehouse 9630
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8352
97 Fishbone Diagram 14243
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26430
99 Flow Through Distribution 11986
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7868
101 FOB Destination 12612
102 Forward buying 29630
103 Freight Charge 10051
104 Freight Consolidation 7270
105 Gantt Chart 8074
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11342
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29047
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12383
109 Hub 22962
110 Idle Time 7819
111 Import/Export License 8420
112 In Bond Shipment 13538
113 Inbound Logistics 13147
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52519
116 Inventory in Transit 16022
117 Inventory Management 53664
118 Inventory Planning System 9536
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21821
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41053
121 JIT 2 18169
122 Job Production 26404
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8704
124 Kanban Squares 6574
125 Laid-Down Cost 9843
126 Lean Office 5761
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10710
128 Lee's Notation 8302
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13731
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36089
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8915
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7212
133 Logistics Channel 22492
134 Logistics Costs 26204
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6509
136 Manifest 10175
137 Marks and Numbers 12206
138 Material Planning 34450
139 Materials Management 25964
140 Milk Run 42274
141 Mini Land Bridge 14069
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9116
143 Modal Split 14888
144 Movement of Goods 19055
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30975
146 North West Corner Method 16603
147 Numeric Distribution 13765
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28065
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47738
150 Operational Efficiency 9621
151 Operational Objectives 13059
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17899
153 Operational Sustainability 27386
154 Operations Management 19705
155 Order Cancellation 10343
156 Order Cycle 18111
157 Order Cycle Time 23093
158 Order Fill Rate 33542
159 Order Fulfillment 6242
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10000
161 Parts Standardization 9031
162 PDCA Cycle 7789
163 Peak Load Pricing 13063
164 Perfect Order 12741
165 Physical Distribution 24469
166 Pick List 9555
167 Pipeline inventory 41834
168 Postponement 14962
169 Process Bottleneck 5990
170 Process Checklist Template 6676
171 Process Yield 19809
172 Product ID 15574
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10163
174 Production Capacity 26912
175 Production Orientation 25206
176 Production Planning 35376
177 Production Related Materials 7251
178 Production Scheduling 34877
179 Purchasing 22088
180 Quality Audit 6842
181 Quality Control 34770
182 Quality Standards 55761
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13834
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11661
185 Quick Response 10840
186 Raw Material 24160
187 Return Goods Handling 10154
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10706
189 Root Cause Analysis 8944
190 Routing 6807
 
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