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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 9585
92 External Growth 9795
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9182
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9654
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8389
97 Fishbone Diagram 14277
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26470
99 Flow Through Distribution 12010
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7891
101 FOB Destination 12645
102 Forward buying 29675
103 Freight Charge 10070
104 Freight Consolidation 7295
105 Gantt Chart 8091
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11371
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29129
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 23000
110 Idle Time 7842
111 Import/Export License 8453
112 In Bond Shipment 13576
113 Inbound Logistics 13173
114 Interstate System 10760
115 Inventory Costs 52646
116 Inventory in Transit 16053
117 Inventory Management 53755
118 Inventory Planning System 9552
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21863
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41228
121 JIT 2 18185
122 Job Production 26516
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8730
124 Kanban Squares 6591
125 Laid-Down Cost 9869
126 Lean Office 5778
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10718
128 Lee's Notation 8331
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13774
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36202
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8933
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7224
133 Logistics Channel 22523
134 Logistics Costs 26240
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6520
136 Manifest 10202
137 Marks and Numbers 12233
138 Material Planning 34512
139 Materials Management 25992
140 Milk Run 42350
141 Mini Land Bridge 14098
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9145
143 Modal Split 14926
144 Movement of Goods 19088
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31017
146 North West Corner Method 16622
147 Numeric Distribution 13808
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28105
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47794
150 Operational Efficiency 9652
151 Operational Objectives 13087
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17916
153 Operational Sustainability 27432
154 Operations Management 19791
155 Order Cancellation 10377
156 Order Cycle 18136
157 Order Cycle Time 23146
158 Order Fill Rate 33577
159 Order Fulfillment 6261
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10018
161 Parts Standardization 9053
162 PDCA Cycle 7802
163 Peak Load Pricing 13085
164 Perfect Order 12772
165 Physical Distribution 24508
166 Pick List 9577
167 Pipeline inventory 41892
168 Postponement 14996
169 Process Bottleneck 6019
170 Process Checklist Template 6696
171 Process Yield 19838
172 Product ID 15600
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10182
174 Production Capacity 26992
175 Production Orientation 25238
176 Production Planning 35507
177 Production Related Materials 7281
178 Production Scheduling 34985
179 Purchasing 22149
180 Quality Audit 6869
181 Quality Control 34933
182 Quality Standards 55841
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13864
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11681
185 Quick Response 10873
186 Raw Material 24297
187 Return Goods Handling 10171
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10764
189 Root Cause Analysis 8967
190 Routing 6820
 
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