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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 9812
92 External Growth 10050
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9409
94 Field Services 7729
95 Field Warehouse 10381
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8736
97 Fishbone Diagram 14581
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26981
99 Flow Through Distribution 12287
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8155
101 FOB Destination 12998
102 Forward buying 30048
103 Freight Charge 10308
104 Freight Consolidation 7510
105 Gantt Chart 8275
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11706
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29547
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12658
109 Hub 23387
110 Idle Time 8051
111 Import/Export License 8695
112 In Bond Shipment 13920
113 Inbound Logistics 13553
114 Interstate System 10982
115 Inventory Costs 53551
116 Inventory in Transit 16422
117 Inventory Management 54656
118 Inventory Planning System 9767
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22262
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42592
121 JIT 2 18416
122 Job Production 27572
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9040
124 Kanban Squares 6813
125 Laid-Down Cost 10146
126 Lean Office 6023
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8549
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14195
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37151
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9237
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7423
133 Logistics Channel 22874
134 Logistics Costs 26633
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6676
136 Manifest 10511
137 Marks and Numbers 12581
138 Material Planning 35058
139 Materials Management 26340
140 Milk Run 43066
141 Mini Land Bridge 14399
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9525
143 Modal Split 15390
144 Movement of Goods 19447
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31577
146 North West Corner Method 16848
147 Numeric Distribution 14197
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28516
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48377
150 Operational Efficiency 9924
151 Operational Objectives 13329
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18110
153 Operational Sustainability 27902
154 Operations Management 20630
155 Order Cancellation 10800
156 Order Cycle 18425
157 Order Cycle Time 23487
158 Order Fill Rate 33992
159 Order Fulfillment 6461
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10287
161 Parts Standardization 9297
162 PDCA Cycle 7959
163 Peak Load Pricing 13352
164 Perfect Order 13199
165 Physical Distribution 24907
166 Pick List 9823
167 Pipeline inventory 42337
168 Postponement 15274
169 Process Bottleneck 6271
170 Process Checklist Template 6914
171 Process Yield 20122
172 Product ID 15886
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10353
174 Production Capacity 27664
175 Production Orientation 25625
176 Production Planning 36525
177 Production Related Materials 7673
178 Production Scheduling 35996
179 Purchasing 22748
180 Quality Audit 7145
181 Quality Control 36239
182 Quality Standards 56527
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14178
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11929
185 Quick Response 11239
186 Raw Material 25258
187 Return Goods Handling 10404
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11265
189 Root Cause Analysis 9195
190 Routing 6996
 
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