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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 9571
92 External Growth 9778
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9168
94 Field Services 7562
95 Field Warehouse 9637
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8361
97 Fishbone Diagram 14253
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26441
99 Flow Through Distribution 11990
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7879
101 FOB Destination 12622
102 Forward buying 29647
103 Freight Charge 10058
104 Freight Consolidation 7276
105 Gantt Chart 8082
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11351
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29066
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12388
109 Hub 22976
110 Idle Time 7824
111 Import/Export License 8433
112 In Bond Shipment 13549
113 Inbound Logistics 13157
114 Interstate System 10751
115 Inventory Costs 52560
116 Inventory in Transit 16030
117 Inventory Management 53689
118 Inventory Planning System 9539
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21827
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41100
121 JIT 2 18176
122 Job Production 26435
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8712
124 Kanban Squares 6578
125 Laid-Down Cost 9854
126 Lean Office 5766
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10713
128 Lee's Notation 8313
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13746
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36125
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8919
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7214
133 Logistics Channel 22501
134 Logistics Costs 26216
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6512
136 Manifest 10184
137 Marks and Numbers 12213
138 Material Planning 34472
139 Materials Management 25971
140 Milk Run 42300
141 Mini Land Bridge 14079
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9127
143 Modal Split 14898
144 Movement of Goods 19061
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30985
146 North West Corner Method 16609
147 Numeric Distribution 13776
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28072
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47757
150 Operational Efficiency 9632
151 Operational Objectives 13064
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17901
153 Operational Sustainability 27402
154 Operations Management 19730
155 Order Cancellation 10353
156 Order Cycle 18119
157 Order Cycle Time 23114
158 Order Fill Rate 33552
159 Order Fulfillment 6250
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10002
161 Parts Standardization 9037
162 PDCA Cycle 7791
163 Peak Load Pricing 13071
164 Perfect Order 12749
165 Physical Distribution 24480
166 Pick List 9561
167 Pipeline inventory 41853
168 Postponement 14977
169 Process Bottleneck 5998
170 Process Checklist Template 6680
171 Process Yield 19818
172 Product ID 15582
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10169
174 Production Capacity 26939
175 Production Orientation 25215
176 Production Planning 35411
177 Production Related Materials 7260
178 Production Scheduling 34908
179 Purchasing 22104
180 Quality Audit 6849
181 Quality Control 34811
182 Quality Standards 55792
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13844
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11666
185 Quick Response 10850
186 Raw Material 24193
187 Return Goods Handling 10158
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10727
189 Root Cause Analysis 8955
190 Routing 6810
 
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