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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 9837
92 External Growth 10087
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9529
94 Field Services 7748
95 Field Warehouse 10495
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8777
97 Fishbone Diagram 14619
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27051
99 Flow Through Distribution 12319
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8188
101 FOB Destination 13041
102 Forward buying 30179
103 Freight Charge 10419
104 Freight Consolidation 7538
105 Gantt Chart 8296
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11742
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29599
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12694
109 Hub 23446
110 Idle Time 8076
111 Import/Export License 8730
112 In Bond Shipment 13967
113 Inbound Logistics 13595
114 Interstate System 11016
115 Inventory Costs 53670
116 Inventory in Transit 16544
117 Inventory Management 54835
118 Inventory Planning System 9880
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22314
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42767
121 JIT 2 18451
122 Job Production 27716
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9156
124 Kanban Squares 6846
125 Laid-Down Cost 10203
126 Lean Office 6132
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10864
128 Lee's Notation 8576
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14251
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37307
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9283
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7537
133 Logistics Channel 22928
134 Logistics Costs 26699
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6698
136 Manifest 10549
137 Marks and Numbers 12618
138 Material Planning 35119
139 Materials Management 26387
140 Milk Run 43133
141 Mini Land Bridge 14428
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9575
143 Modal Split 15440
144 Movement of Goods 19499
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31669
146 North West Corner Method 16879
147 Numeric Distribution 14242
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28568
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48476
150 Operational Efficiency 9955
151 Operational Objectives 13361
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18130
153 Operational Sustainability 28044
154 Operations Management 20815
155 Order Cancellation 10842
156 Order Cycle 18457
157 Order Cycle Time 23530
158 Order Fill Rate 34048
159 Order Fulfillment 6482
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10332
161 Parts Standardization 9328
162 PDCA Cycle 8061
163 Peak Load Pricing 13378
164 Perfect Order 13247
165 Physical Distribution 24956
166 Pick List 9854
167 Pipeline inventory 42386
168 Postponement 15302
169 Process Bottleneck 6310
170 Process Checklist Template 6939
171 Process Yield 20244
172 Product ID 15927
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10375
174 Production Capacity 27736
175 Production Orientation 25684
176 Production Planning 36651
177 Production Related Materials 7709
178 Production Scheduling 36089
179 Purchasing 22897
180 Quality Audit 7183
181 Quality Control 36391
182 Quality Standards 56613
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14228
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11962
185 Quick Response 11283
186 Raw Material 25385
187 Return Goods Handling 10435
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11399
189 Root Cause Analysis 9226
190 Routing 7019
 
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