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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 9459
92 External Growth 9664
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9065
94 Field Services 7473
95 Field Warehouse 9510
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8188
97 Fishbone Diagram 14109
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26198
99 Flow Through Distribution 11868
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7764
101 FOB Destination 12444
102 Forward buying 29426
103 Freight Charge 9960
104 Freight Consolidation 7170
105 Gantt Chart 7980
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11211
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28745
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12289
109 Hub 22772
110 Idle Time 7717
111 Import/Export License 8309
112 In Bond Shipment 13346
113 Inbound Logistics 12974
114 Interstate System 10674
115 Inventory Costs 52083
116 Inventory in Transit 15869
117 Inventory Management 53292
118 Inventory Planning System 9426
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21646
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40341
121 JIT 2 18054
122 Job Production 26044
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8573
124 Kanban Squares 6470
125 Laid-Down Cost 9690
126 Lean Office 5668
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10637
128 Lee's Notation 8189
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13538
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35666
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8794
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7102
133 Logistics Channel 22339
134 Logistics Costs 25997
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6439
136 Manifest 10016
137 Marks and Numbers 12058
138 Material Planning 34135
139 Materials Management 25814
140 Milk Run 41866
141 Mini Land Bridge 13952
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 8963
143 Modal Split 14694
144 Movement of Goods 18853
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30764
146 North West Corner Method 16494
147 Numeric Distribution 13569
148 One Level Distribution Channel 27882
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47499
150 Operational Efficiency 9499
151 Operational Objectives 12913
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17815
153 Operational Sustainability 27144
154 Operations Management 19301
155 Order Cancellation 10182
156 Order Cycle 17975
157 Order Cycle Time 22884
158 Order Fill Rate 33366
159 Order Fulfillment 6148
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9886
161 Parts Standardization 8933
162 PDCA Cycle 7719
163 Peak Load Pricing 12944
164 Perfect Order 12568
165 Physical Distribution 24266
166 Pick List 9421
167 Pipeline inventory 41598
168 Postponement 14809
169 Process Bottleneck 5878
170 Process Checklist Template 6603
171 Process Yield 19662
172 Product ID 15440
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10079
174 Production Capacity 26583
175 Production Orientation 25046
176 Production Planning 34807
177 Production Related Materials 7109
178 Production Scheduling 34400
179 Purchasing 21776
180 Quality Audit 6710
181 Quality Control 34053
182 Quality Standards 55405
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13689
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11522
185 Quick Response 10689
186 Raw Material 23645
187 Return Goods Handling 10065
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10461
189 Root Cause Analysis 8824
190 Routing 6737
 
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