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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 9830
92 External Growth 10075
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9519
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10455
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8761
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27035
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8178
101 FOB Destination 13032
102 Forward buying 30164
103 Freight Charge 10411
104 Freight Consolidation 7531
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11733
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29590
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23430
110 Idle Time 8070
111 Import/Export License 8721
112 In Bond Shipment 13957
113 Inbound Logistics 13582
114 Interstate System 11006
115 Inventory Costs 53629
116 Inventory in Transit 16531
117 Inventory Management 54802
118 Inventory Planning System 9871
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22299
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42717
121 JIT 2 18440
122 Job Production 27678
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9144
124 Kanban Squares 6837
125 Laid-Down Cost 10189
126 Lean Office 6125
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10860
128 Lee's Notation 8570
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14229
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37282
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9274
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7529
133 Logistics Channel 22914
134 Logistics Costs 26682
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6691
136 Manifest 10537
137 Marks and Numbers 12606
138 Material Planning 35104
139 Materials Management 26373
140 Milk Run 43111
141 Mini Land Bridge 14420
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9567
143 Modal Split 15424
144 Movement of Goods 19483
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31646
146 North West Corner Method 16872
147 Numeric Distribution 14230
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28551
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48449
150 Operational Efficiency 9947
151 Operational Objectives 13355
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18125
153 Operational Sustainability 28022
154 Operations Management 20780
155 Order Cancellation 10828
156 Order Cycle 18449
157 Order Cycle Time 23518
158 Order Fill Rate 34035
159 Order Fulfillment 6475
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10319
161 Parts Standardization 9317
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13372
164 Perfect Order 13235
165 Physical Distribution 24947
166 Pick List 9845
167 Pipeline inventory 42368
168 Postponement 15294
169 Process Bottleneck 6303
170 Process Checklist Template 6932
171 Process Yield 20235
172 Product ID 15915
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10370
174 Production Capacity 27715
175 Production Orientation 25672
176 Production Planning 36617
177 Production Related Materials 7701
178 Production Scheduling 36064
179 Purchasing 22872
180 Quality Audit 7172
181 Quality Control 36352
182 Quality Standards 56588
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14211
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11953
185 Quick Response 11273
186 Raw Material 25352
187 Return Goods Handling 10427
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11377
189 Root Cause Analysis 9219
190 Routing 7014
 
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