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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 9603
92 External Growth 9814
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9201
94 Field Services 7579
95 Field Warehouse 9677
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8419
97 Fishbone Diagram 14297
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26508
99 Flow Through Distribution 12037
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7916
101 FOB Destination 12672
102 Forward buying 29706
103 Freight Charge 10090
104 Freight Consolidation 7314
105 Gantt Chart 8108
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11406
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29161
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12420
109 Hub 23044
110 Idle Time 7861
111 Import/Export License 8474
112 In Bond Shipment 13607
113 Inbound Logistics 13204
114 Interstate System 10772
115 Inventory Costs 52729
116 Inventory in Transit 16087
117 Inventory Management 53822
118 Inventory Planning System 9574
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21908
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41348
121 JIT 2 18202
122 Job Production 26606
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8756
124 Kanban Squares 6612
125 Laid-Down Cost 9883
126 Lean Office 5797
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10731
128 Lee's Notation 8348
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13810
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36267
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8948
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7256
133 Logistics Channel 22555
134 Logistics Costs 26273
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6532
136 Manifest 10229
137 Marks and Numbers 12256
138 Material Planning 34559
139 Materials Management 26018
140 Milk Run 42421
141 Mini Land Bridge 14123
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9178
143 Modal Split 14969
144 Movement of Goods 19120
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31057
146 North West Corner Method 16641
147 Numeric Distribution 13839
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28134
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47839
150 Operational Efficiency 9673
151 Operational Objectives 13102
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17927
153 Operational Sustainability 27478
154 Operations Management 19859
155 Order Cancellation 10406
156 Order Cycle 18161
157 Order Cycle Time 23181
158 Order Fill Rate 33620
159 Order Fulfillment 6280
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10037
161 Parts Standardization 9071
162 PDCA Cycle 7811
163 Peak Load Pricing 13121
164 Perfect Order 12809
165 Physical Distribution 24548
166 Pick List 9601
167 Pipeline inventory 41933
168 Postponement 15018
169 Process Bottleneck 6039
170 Process Checklist Template 6709
171 Process Yield 19858
172 Product ID 15625
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10186
174 Production Capacity 27067
175 Production Orientation 25258
176 Production Planning 35602
177 Production Related Materials 7309
178 Production Scheduling 35062
179 Purchasing 22204
180 Quality Audit 6898
181 Quality Control 35044
182 Quality Standards 55897
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13890
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11700
185 Quick Response 10904
186 Raw Material 24388
187 Return Goods Handling 10187
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10810
189 Root Cause Analysis 8982
190 Routing 6827
 
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