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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 9840
92 External Growth 10089
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7749
95 Field Warehouse 10509
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8782
97 Fishbone Diagram 14622
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27060
99 Flow Through Distribution 12326
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8191
101 FOB Destination 13048
102 Forward buying 30186
103 Freight Charge 10422
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8299
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11746
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29604
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12698
109 Hub 23453
110 Idle Time 8079
111 Import/Export License 8733
112 In Bond Shipment 13971
113 Inbound Logistics 13600
114 Interstate System 11018
115 Inventory Costs 53690
116 Inventory in Transit 16551
117 Inventory Management 54844
118 Inventory Planning System 9884
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22317
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42788
121 JIT 2 18455
122 Job Production 27730
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9159
124 Kanban Squares 6851
125 Laid-Down Cost 10207
126 Lean Office 6134
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10866
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14256
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37318
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9288
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7539
133 Logistics Channel 22932
134 Logistics Costs 26703
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6701
136 Manifest 10552
137 Marks and Numbers 12622
138 Material Planning 35130
139 Materials Management 26389
140 Milk Run 43138
141 Mini Land Bridge 14431
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9579
143 Modal Split 15448
144 Movement of Goods 19503
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31682
146 North West Corner Method 16880
147 Numeric Distribution 14244
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28576
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48484
150 Operational Efficiency 9958
151 Operational Objectives 13366
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18134
153 Operational Sustainability 28048
154 Operations Management 20828
155 Order Cancellation 10846
156 Order Cycle 18459
157 Order Cycle Time 23533
158 Order Fill Rate 34055
159 Order Fulfillment 6485
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10334
161 Parts Standardization 9331
162 PDCA Cycle 8064
163 Peak Load Pricing 13382
164 Perfect Order 13253
165 Physical Distribution 24961
166 Pick List 9858
167 Pipeline inventory 42391
168 Postponement 15305
169 Process Bottleneck 6313
170 Process Checklist Template 6941
171 Process Yield 20249
172 Product ID 15932
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10376
174 Production Capacity 27745
175 Production Orientation 25686
176 Production Planning 36664
177 Production Related Materials 7715
178 Production Scheduling 36102
179 Purchasing 22909
180 Quality Audit 7186
181 Quality Control 36402
182 Quality Standards 56625
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14231
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11965
185 Quick Response 11286
186 Raw Material 25396
187 Return Goods Handling 10438
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11407
189 Root Cause Analysis 9230
190 Routing 7020
 
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