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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 9570
92 External Growth 9771
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9164
94 Field Services 7559
95 Field Warehouse 9632
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8355
97 Fishbone Diagram 14247
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26431
99 Flow Through Distribution 11987
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7872
101 FOB Destination 12616
102 Forward buying 29638
103 Freight Charge 10053
104 Freight Consolidation 7271
105 Gantt Chart 8080
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11344
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29055
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12385
109 Hub 22967
110 Idle Time 7822
111 Import/Export License 8424
112 In Bond Shipment 13544
113 Inbound Logistics 13149
114 Interstate System 10748
115 Inventory Costs 52534
116 Inventory in Transit 16023
117 Inventory Management 53672
118 Inventory Planning System 9537
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21822
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41072
121 JIT 2 18170
122 Job Production 26414
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8707
124 Kanban Squares 6575
125 Laid-Down Cost 9849
126 Lean Office 5762
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10711
128 Lee's Notation 8304
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13737
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36098
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8918
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7214
133 Logistics Channel 22495
134 Logistics Costs 26206
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6511
136 Manifest 10177
137 Marks and Numbers 12210
138 Material Planning 34458
139 Materials Management 25966
140 Milk Run 42283
141 Mini Land Bridge 14074
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9122
143 Modal Split 14893
144 Movement of Goods 19058
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30977
146 North West Corner Method 16606
147 Numeric Distribution 13770
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28068
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47744
150 Operational Efficiency 9624
151 Operational Objectives 13061
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17900
153 Operational Sustainability 27391
154 Operations Management 19711
155 Order Cancellation 10347
156 Order Cycle 18113
157 Order Cycle Time 23097
158 Order Fill Rate 33544
159 Order Fulfillment 6244
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10001
161 Parts Standardization 9035
162 PDCA Cycle 7790
163 Peak Load Pricing 13066
164 Perfect Order 12742
165 Physical Distribution 24473
166 Pick List 9556
167 Pipeline inventory 41842
168 Postponement 14969
169 Process Bottleneck 5993
170 Process Checklist Template 6677
171 Process Yield 19810
172 Product ID 15577
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10166
174 Production Capacity 26921
175 Production Orientation 25209
176 Production Planning 35391
177 Production Related Materials 7253
178 Production Scheduling 34888
179 Purchasing 22096
180 Quality Audit 6846
181 Quality Control 34789
182 Quality Standards 55771
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13837
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11662
185 Quick Response 10844
186 Raw Material 24171
187 Return Goods Handling 10156
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10713
189 Root Cause Analysis 8947
190 Routing 6807
 
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