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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 9690
92 External Growth 9899
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9280
94 Field Services 7641
95 Field Warehouse 9764
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8557
97 Fishbone Diagram 14430
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26710
99 Flow Through Distribution 12139
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8010
101 FOB Destination 12821
102 Forward buying 29842
103 Freight Charge 10178
104 Freight Consolidation 7397
105 Gantt Chart 8178
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11540
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29317
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12513
109 Hub 23180
110 Idle Time 7932
111 Import/Export License 8569
112 In Bond Shipment 13722
113 Inbound Logistics 13348
114 Interstate System 10846
115 Inventory Costs 53078
116 Inventory in Transit 16225
117 Inventory Management 54171
118 Inventory Planning System 9657
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22072
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41851
121 JIT 2 18292
122 Job Production 26987
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8877
124 Kanban Squares 6708
125 Laid-Down Cost 9971
126 Lean Office 5887
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10778
128 Lee's Notation 8432
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13965
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36608
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9046
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7336
133 Logistics Channel 22677
134 Logistics Costs 26417
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6590
136 Manifest 10358
137 Marks and Numbers 12367
138 Material Planning 34791
139 Materials Management 26146
140 Milk Run 42724
141 Mini Land Bridge 14236
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9323
143 Modal Split 15155
144 Movement of Goods 19238
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31255
146 North West Corner Method 16726
147 Numeric Distribution 13970
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28289
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48057
150 Operational Efficiency 9788
151 Operational Objectives 13193
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17999
153 Operational Sustainability 27639
154 Operations Management 20202
155 Order Cancellation 10583
156 Order Cycle 18263
157 Order Cycle Time 23329
158 Order Fill Rate 33773
159 Order Fulfillment 6357
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10113
161 Parts Standardization 9164
162 PDCA Cycle 7871
163 Peak Load Pricing 13229
164 Perfect Order 12948
165 Physical Distribution 24706
166 Pick List 9693
167 Pipeline inventory 42114
168 Postponement 15119
169 Process Bottleneck 6133
170 Process Checklist Template 6782
171 Process Yield 19974
172 Product ID 15742
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10260
174 Production Capacity 27340
175 Production Orientation 25392
176 Production Planning 36001
177 Production Related Materials 7449
178 Production Scheduling 35416
179 Purchasing 22415
180 Quality Audit 7009
181 Quality Control 35546
182 Quality Standards 56149
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13994
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11803
185 Quick Response 11072
186 Raw Material 24776
187 Return Goods Handling 10277
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10988
189 Root Cause Analysis 9067
190 Routing 6881
 
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