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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 9911
92 External Growth 10185
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9613
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10838
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8914
97 Fishbone Diagram 14717
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27250
99 Flow Through Distribution 12427
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8283
101 FOB Destination 13164
102 Forward buying 30361
103 Freight Charge 10495
104 Freight Consolidation 7604
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11851
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29720
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12792
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8152
111 Import/Export License 8817
112 In Bond Shipment 14086
113 Inbound Logistics 13703
114 Interstate System 11100
115 Inventory Costs 53987
116 Inventory in Transit 16672
117 Inventory Management 55125
118 Inventory Planning System 9957
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22442
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43231
121 JIT 2 18537
122 Job Production 28086
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9237
124 Kanban Squares 6933
125 Laid-Down Cost 10331
126 Lean Office 6214
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10906
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14403
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37545
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9393
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23035
134 Logistics Costs 26833
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6745
136 Manifest 10658
137 Marks and Numbers 12755
138 Material Planning 35304
139 Materials Management 26510
140 Milk Run 43311
141 Mini Land Bridge 14524
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9694
143 Modal Split 15560
144 Movement of Goods 19618
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31871
146 North West Corner Method 16947
147 Numeric Distribution 14355
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28701
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48721
150 Operational Efficiency 10032
151 Operational Objectives 13463
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18196
153 Operational Sustainability 28232
154 Operations Management 21030
155 Order Cancellation 10937
156 Order Cycle 18548
157 Order Cycle Time 23636
158 Order Fill Rate 34176
159 Order Fulfillment 6554
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10436
161 Parts Standardization 9404
162 PDCA Cycle 8118
163 Peak Load Pricing 13450
164 Perfect Order 13382
165 Physical Distribution 25111
166 Pick List 9937
167 Pipeline inventory 42534
168 Postponement 15395
169 Process Bottleneck 6393
170 Process Checklist Template 7000
171 Process Yield 20342
172 Product ID 16030
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10445
174 Production Capacity 27945
175 Production Orientation 25831
176 Production Planning 36976
177 Production Related Materials 7835
178 Production Scheduling 36356
179 Purchasing 23115
180 Quality Audit 7269
181 Quality Control 36748
182 Quality Standards 56834
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14314
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12042
185 Quick Response 11400
186 Raw Material 25695
187 Return Goods Handling 10528
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11572
189 Root Cause Analysis 9307
190 Routing 7082
 
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