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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 9848
92 External Growth 10113
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7763
95 Field Warehouse 10585
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8814
97 Fishbone Diagram 14641
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27108
99 Flow Through Distribution 12348
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
101 FOB Destination 13081
102 Forward buying 30241
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8314
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11767
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29630
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12724
109 Hub 23481
110 Idle Time 8097
111 Import/Export License 8749
112 In Bond Shipment 14003
113 Inbound Logistics 13625
114 Interstate System 11035
115 Inventory Costs 53757
116 Inventory in Transit 16574
117 Inventory Management 54921
118 Inventory Planning System 9898
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22343
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42941
121 JIT 2 18477
122 Job Production 27819
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9170
124 Kanban Squares 6861
125 Laid-Down Cost 10237
126 Lean Office 6147
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10876
128 Lee's Notation 8591
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14288
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37377
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9315
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7549
133 Logistics Channel 22955
134 Logistics Costs 26729
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6711
136 Manifest 10571
137 Marks and Numbers 12651
138 Material Planning 35186
139 Materials Management 26413
140 Milk Run 43174
141 Mini Land Bridge 14449
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9602
143 Modal Split 15475
144 Movement of Goods 19527
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31735
146 North West Corner Method 16895
147 Numeric Distribution 14270
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28602
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48530
150 Operational Efficiency 9973
151 Operational Objectives 13389
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18150
153 Operational Sustainability 28105
154 Operations Management 20898
155 Order Cancellation 10868
156 Order Cycle 18483
157 Order Cycle Time 23557
158 Order Fill Rate 34087
159 Order Fulfillment 6497
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10355
161 Parts Standardization 9349
162 PDCA Cycle 8076
163 Peak Load Pricing 13395
164 Perfect Order 13288
165 Physical Distribution 25006
166 Pick List 9875
167 Pipeline inventory 42426
168 Postponement 15324
169 Process Bottleneck 6323
170 Process Checklist Template 6952
171 Process Yield 20267
172 Product ID 15952
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10395
174 Production Capacity 27786
175 Production Orientation 25718
176 Production Planning 36744
177 Production Related Materials 7733
178 Production Scheduling 36176
179 Purchasing 22957
180 Quality Audit 7204
181 Quality Control 36503
182 Quality Standards 56678
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14251
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11980
185 Quick Response 11306
186 Raw Material 25479
187 Return Goods Handling 10457
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11439
189 Root Cause Analysis 9251
190 Routing 7034
 
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