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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 9657
92 External Growth 9866
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9253
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9735
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8515
97 Fishbone Diagram 14383
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26636
99 Flow Through Distribution 12100
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7978
101 FOB Destination 12763
102 Forward buying 29804
103 Freight Charge 10143
104 Freight Consolidation 7371
105 Gantt Chart 8150
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11499
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29254
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12477
109 Hub 23131
110 Idle Time 7904
111 Import/Export License 8530
112 In Bond Shipment 13687
113 Inbound Logistics 13285
114 Interstate System 10816
115 Inventory Costs 52946
116 Inventory in Transit 16173
117 Inventory Management 54036
118 Inventory Planning System 9626
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22019
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41669
121 JIT 2 18264
122 Job Production 26870
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8837
124 Kanban Squares 6677
125 Laid-Down Cost 9934
126 Lean Office 5857
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10765
128 Lee's Notation 8402
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13911
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36507
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9005
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22630
134 Logistics Costs 26362
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6569
136 Manifest 10309
137 Marks and Numbers 12318
138 Material Planning 34711
139 Materials Management 26095
140 Milk Run 42634
141 Mini Land Bridge 14203
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9277
143 Modal Split 15081
144 Movement of Goods 19196
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31186
146 North West Corner Method 16685
147 Numeric Distribution 13925
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28229
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47986
150 Operational Efficiency 9749
151 Operational Objectives 13162
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17973
153 Operational Sustainability 27588
154 Operations Management 20084
155 Order Cancellation 10512
156 Order Cycle 18227
157 Order Cycle Time 23280
158 Order Fill Rate 33723
159 Order Fulfillment 6332
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10084
161 Parts Standardization 9134
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12907
165 Physical Distribution 24656
166 Pick List 9663
167 Pipeline inventory 42055
168 Postponement 15087
169 Process Bottleneck 6102
170 Process Checklist Template 6746
171 Process Yield 19930
172 Product ID 15699
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10235
174 Production Capacity 27253
175 Production Orientation 25343
176 Production Planning 35861
177 Production Related Materials 7382
178 Production Scheduling 35295
179 Purchasing 22347
180 Quality Audit 6973
181 Quality Control 35384
182 Quality Standards 56072
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13959
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11767
185 Quick Response 11011
186 Raw Material 24655
187 Return Goods Handling 10244
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10926
189 Root Cause Analysis 9042
190 Routing 6863
 
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