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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 9633
92 External Growth 9847
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9233
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9715
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8477
97 Fishbone Diagram 14346
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26585
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7955
101 FOB Destination 12720
102 Forward buying 29774
103 Freight Charge 10125
104 Freight Consolidation 7352
105 Gantt Chart 8132
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11476
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29229
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12454
109 Hub 23096
110 Idle Time 7887
111 Import/Export License 8508
112 In Bond Shipment 13648
113 Inbound Logistics 13254
114 Interstate System 10798
115 Inventory Costs 52866
116 Inventory in Transit 16136
117 Inventory Management 53954
118 Inventory Planning System 9609
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21981
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41546
121 JIT 2 18244
122 Job Production 26772
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8803
124 Kanban Squares 6652
125 Laid-Down Cost 9917
126 Lean Office 5836
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8382
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13877
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36408
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8986
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7298
133 Logistics Channel 22601
134 Logistics Costs 26332
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6557
136 Manifest 10276
137 Marks and Numbers 12288
138 Material Planning 34649
139 Materials Management 26062
140 Milk Run 42547
141 Mini Land Bridge 14170
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9242
143 Modal Split 15045
144 Movement of Goods 19169
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31139
146 North West Corner Method 16668
147 Numeric Distribution 13889
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28187
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47929
150 Operational Efficiency 9726
151 Operational Objectives 13140
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17956
153 Operational Sustainability 27551
154 Operations Management 19998
155 Order Cancellation 10464
156 Order Cycle 18198
157 Order Cycle Time 23240
158 Order Fill Rate 33688
159 Order Fulfillment 6314
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10063
161 Parts Standardization 9108
162 PDCA Cycle 7834
163 Peak Load Pricing 13170
164 Perfect Order 12877
165 Physical Distribution 24615
166 Pick List 9637
167 Pipeline inventory 42009
168 Postponement 15061
169 Process Bottleneck 6081
170 Process Checklist Template 6731
171 Process Yield 19907
172 Product ID 15661
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10216
174 Production Capacity 27202
175 Production Orientation 25309
176 Production Planning 35755
177 Production Related Materials 7356
178 Production Scheduling 35206
179 Purchasing 22294
180 Quality Audit 6944
181 Quality Control 35256
182 Quality Standards 56004
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13937
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11737
185 Quick Response 10971
186 Raw Material 24564
187 Return Goods Handling 10214
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10879
189 Root Cause Analysis 9017
190 Routing 6849
 
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