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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 9716
92 External Growth 9923
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9304
94 Field Services 7651
95 Field Warehouse 9798
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8588
97 Fishbone Diagram 14453
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26754
99 Flow Through Distribution 12160
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8037
101 FOB Destination 12854
102 Forward buying 29871
103 Freight Charge 10204
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8194
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11564
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29354
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12538
109 Hub 23213
110 Idle Time 7953
111 Import/Export License 8587
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13381
114 Interstate System 10868
115 Inventory Costs 53151
116 Inventory in Transit 16260
117 Inventory Management 54256
118 Inventory Planning System 9673
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22098
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41980
121 JIT 2 18314
122 Job Production 27089
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8907
124 Kanban Squares 6727
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5911
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10787
128 Lee's Notation 8454
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14008
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36712
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9084
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7346
133 Logistics Channel 22719
134 Logistics Costs 26441
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6601
136 Manifest 10387
137 Marks and Numbers 12414
138 Material Planning 34847
139 Materials Management 26185
140 Milk Run 42782
141 Mini Land Bridge 14264
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9353
143 Modal Split 15196
144 Movement of Goods 19269
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31306
146 North West Corner Method 16743
147 Numeric Distribution 13997
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28324
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48108
150 Operational Efficiency 9814
151 Operational Objectives 13217
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18018
153 Operational Sustainability 27671
154 Operations Management 20284
155 Order Cancellation 10622
156 Order Cycle 18292
157 Order Cycle Time 23353
158 Order Fill Rate 33807
159 Order Fulfillment 6371
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10146
161 Parts Standardization 9185
162 PDCA Cycle 7892
163 Peak Load Pricing 13248
164 Perfect Order 12991
165 Physical Distribution 24748
166 Pick List 9715
167 Pipeline inventory 42159
168 Postponement 15139
169 Process Bottleneck 6160
170 Process Checklist Template 6817
171 Process Yield 20003
172 Product ID 15765
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10277
174 Production Capacity 27386
175 Production Orientation 25418
176 Production Planning 36091
177 Production Related Materials 7502
178 Production Scheduling 35502
179 Purchasing 22456
180 Quality Audit 7034
181 Quality Control 35662
182 Quality Standards 56209
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14027
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11818
185 Quick Response 11111
186 Raw Material 24864
187 Return Goods Handling 10297
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11025
189 Root Cause Analysis 9091
190 Routing 6904
 
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