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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 9930
92 External Growth 10215
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9640
94 Field Services 7821
95 Field Warehouse 10937
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8954
97 Fishbone Diagram 14748
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27298
99 Flow Through Distribution 12461
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8312
101 FOB Destination 13200
102 Forward buying 30394
103 Freight Charge 10513
104 Freight Consolidation 7618
105 Gantt Chart 8372
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11895
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29753
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12821
109 Hub 23613
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8835
112 In Bond Shipment 14113
113 Inbound Logistics 13733
114 Interstate System 11122
115 Inventory Costs 54050
116 Inventory in Transit 16708
117 Inventory Management 55221
118 Inventory Planning System 9979
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22489
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43352
121 JIT 2 18560
122 Job Production 28203
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9258
124 Kanban Squares 6962
125 Laid-Down Cost 10361
126 Lean Office 6239
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8651
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14441
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37623
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9424
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7611
133 Logistics Channel 23060
134 Logistics Costs 26867
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6761
136 Manifest 10681
137 Marks and Numbers 12787
138 Material Planning 35347
139 Materials Management 26544
140 Milk Run 43358
141 Mini Land Bridge 14554
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9724
143 Modal Split 15591
144 Movement of Goods 19676
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31916
146 North West Corner Method 16966
147 Numeric Distribution 14383
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28740
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48793
150 Operational Efficiency 10051
151 Operational Objectives 13482
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18209
153 Operational Sustainability 28280
154 Operations Management 21088
155 Order Cancellation 10970
156 Order Cycle 18571
157 Order Cycle Time 23671
158 Order Fill Rate 34219
159 Order Fulfillment 6571
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10464
161 Parts Standardization 9418
162 PDCA Cycle 8132
163 Peak Load Pricing 13470
164 Perfect Order 13418
165 Physical Distribution 25157
166 Pick List 9966
167 Pipeline inventory 42575
168 Postponement 15432
169 Process Bottleneck 6409
170 Process Checklist Template 7015
171 Process Yield 20367
172 Product ID 16056
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10472
174 Production Capacity 28007
175 Production Orientation 25882
176 Production Planning 37060
177 Production Related Materials 7880
178 Production Scheduling 36422
179 Purchasing 23183
180 Quality Audit 7300
181 Quality Control 36860
182 Quality Standards 56897
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14349
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12060
185 Quick Response 11430
186 Raw Material 25760
187 Return Goods Handling 10549
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11621
189 Root Cause Analysis 9331
190 Routing 7094
 
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