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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 9582
92 External Growth 9789
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9178
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9651
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8381
97 Fishbone Diagram 14273
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26464
99 Flow Through Distribution 12001
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7889
101 FOB Destination 12639
102 Forward buying 29665
103 Freight Charge 10066
104 Freight Consolidation 7288
105 Gantt Chart 8089
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11364
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29123
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12399
109 Hub 22994
110 Idle Time 7837
111 Import/Export License 8448
112 In Bond Shipment 13570
113 Inbound Logistics 13171
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52624
116 Inventory in Transit 16049
117 Inventory Management 53742
118 Inventory Planning System 9550
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21853
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41196
121 JIT 2 18182
122 Job Production 26499
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8726
124 Kanban Squares 6588
125 Laid-Down Cost 9866
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13768
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36188
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8926
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7222
133 Logistics Channel 22518
134 Logistics Costs 26234
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6519
136 Manifest 10197
137 Marks and Numbers 12228
138 Material Planning 34503
139 Materials Management 25986
140 Milk Run 42340
141 Mini Land Bridge 14095
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9142
143 Modal Split 14920
144 Movement of Goods 19078
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31011
146 North West Corner Method 16620
147 Numeric Distribution 13804
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28098
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47786
150 Operational Efficiency 9645
151 Operational Objectives 13080
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17913
153 Operational Sustainability 27423
154 Operations Management 19774
155 Order Cancellation 10369
156 Order Cycle 18130
157 Order Cycle Time 23145
158 Order Fill Rate 33570
159 Order Fulfillment 6259
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10017
161 Parts Standardization 9046
162 PDCA Cycle 7800
163 Peak Load Pricing 13083
164 Perfect Order 12765
165 Physical Distribution 24505
166 Pick List 9572
167 Pipeline inventory 41880
168 Postponement 14993
169 Process Bottleneck 6011
170 Process Checklist Template 6693
171 Process Yield 19833
172 Product ID 15594
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10176
174 Production Capacity 26979
175 Production Orientation 25231
176 Production Planning 35479
177 Production Related Materials 7277
178 Production Scheduling 34964
179 Purchasing 22140
180 Quality Audit 6863
181 Quality Control 34905
182 Quality Standards 55829
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13862
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11675
185 Quick Response 10868
186 Raw Material 24264
187 Return Goods Handling 10166
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10755
189 Root Cause Analysis 8963
190 Routing 6815
 
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