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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 9829
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9512
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10445
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8757
97 Fishbone Diagram 14605
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27025
99 Flow Through Distribution 12307
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8174
101 FOB Destination 13030
102 Forward buying 30157
103 Freight Charge 10408
104 Freight Consolidation 7530
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11731
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29583
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12682
109 Hub 23428
110 Idle Time 8068
111 Import/Export License 8717
112 In Bond Shipment 13950
113 Inbound Logistics 13580
114 Interstate System 11003
115 Inventory Costs 53621
116 Inventory in Transit 16529
117 Inventory Management 54792
118 Inventory Planning System 9867
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22293
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42706
121 JIT 2 18439
122 Job Production 27665
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9141
124 Kanban Squares 6834
125 Laid-Down Cost 10185
126 Lean Office 6122
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10858
128 Lee's Notation 8568
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14224
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37273
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9270
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7528
133 Logistics Channel 22907
134 Logistics Costs 26676
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6688
136 Manifest 10531
137 Marks and Numbers 12603
138 Material Planning 35099
139 Materials Management 26370
140 Milk Run 43107
141 Mini Land Bridge 14417
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9563
143 Modal Split 15420
144 Movement of Goods 19479
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31636
146 North West Corner Method 16866
147 Numeric Distribution 14224
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28549
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48441
150 Operational Efficiency 9945
151 Operational Objectives 13354
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18125
153 Operational Sustainability 28014
154 Operations Management 20769
155 Order Cancellation 10824
156 Order Cycle 18446
157 Order Cycle Time 23515
158 Order Fill Rate 34031
159 Order Fulfillment 6473
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10317
161 Parts Standardization 9315
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13371
164 Perfect Order 13232
165 Physical Distribution 24944
166 Pick List 9843
167 Pipeline inventory 42362
168 Postponement 15292
169 Process Bottleneck 6300
170 Process Checklist Template 6931
171 Process Yield 20232
172 Product ID 15912
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10370
174 Production Capacity 27707
175 Production Orientation 25668
176 Production Planning 36608
177 Production Related Materials 7699
178 Production Scheduling 36055
179 Purchasing 22865
180 Quality Audit 7168
181 Quality Control 36339
182 Quality Standards 56580
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14204
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11950
185 Quick Response 11267
186 Raw Material 25340
187 Return Goods Handling 10423
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11373
189 Root Cause Analysis 9216
190 Routing 7013
 
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