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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 9782
92 External Growth 10016
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10235
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8703
97 Fishbone Diagram 14553
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26925
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8121
101 FOB Destination 12967
102 Forward buying 30004
103 Freight Charge 10277
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8252
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11669
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29498
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12627
109 Hub 23343
110 Idle Time 8020
111 Import/Export License 8663
112 In Bond Shipment 13872
113 Inbound Logistics 13514
114 Interstate System 10956
115 Inventory Costs 53427
116 Inventory in Transit 16371
117 Inventory Management 54563
118 Inventory Planning System 9740
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22228
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42456
121 JIT 2 18390
122 Job Production 27436
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9002
124 Kanban Squares 6793
125 Laid-Down Cost 10107
126 Lean Office 5985
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10831
128 Lee's Notation 8525
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14149
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37065
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9202
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7401
133 Logistics Channel 22829
134 Logistics Costs 26578
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6648
136 Manifest 10486
137 Marks and Numbers 12553
138 Material Planning 35006
139 Materials Management 26300
140 Milk Run 43002
141 Mini Land Bridge 14368
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9487
143 Modal Split 15349
144 Movement of Goods 19393
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31498
146 North West Corner Method 16822
147 Numeric Distribution 14148
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28467
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48318
150 Operational Efficiency 9899
151 Operational Objectives 13296
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18089
153 Operational Sustainability 27845
154 Operations Management 20567
155 Order Cancellation 10759
156 Order Cycle 18389
157 Order Cycle Time 23449
158 Order Fill Rate 33947
159 Order Fulfillment 6436
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10257
161 Parts Standardization 9269
162 PDCA Cycle 7939
163 Peak Load Pricing 13325
164 Perfect Order 13143
165 Physical Distribution 24859
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42293
168 Postponement 15245
169 Process Bottleneck 6247
170 Process Checklist Template 6886
171 Process Yield 20091
172 Product ID 15847
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10337
174 Production Capacity 27597
175 Production Orientation 25569
176 Production Planning 36417
177 Production Related Materials 7636
178 Production Scheduling 35893
179 Purchasing 22669
180 Quality Audit 7112
181 Quality Control 36094
182 Quality Standards 56447
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14131
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11898
185 Quick Response 11212
186 Raw Material 25172
187 Return Goods Handling 10377
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11206
189 Root Cause Analysis 9170
190 Routing 6972
 
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