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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 9814
92 External Growth 10054
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9427
94 Field Services 7731
95 Field Warehouse 10390
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8739
97 Fishbone Diagram 14585
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26990
99 Flow Through Distribution 12292
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8159
101 FOB Destination 13004
102 Forward buying 30064
103 Freight Charge 10326
104 Freight Consolidation 7512
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11712
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29557
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12661
109 Hub 23395
110 Idle Time 8055
111 Import/Export License 8698
112 In Bond Shipment 13926
113 Inbound Logistics 13560
114 Interstate System 10987
115 Inventory Costs 53561
116 Inventory in Transit 16441
117 Inventory Management 54680
118 Inventory Planning System 9785
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22269
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42608
121 JIT 2 18419
122 Job Production 27586
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9057
124 Kanban Squares 6815
125 Laid-Down Cost 10151
126 Lean Office 6041
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10845
128 Lee's Notation 8552
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14201
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37173
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9244
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7441
133 Logistics Channel 22877
134 Logistics Costs 26639
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10514
137 Marks and Numbers 12585
138 Material Planning 35065
139 Materials Management 26345
140 Milk Run 43072
141 Mini Land Bridge 14404
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9531
143 Modal Split 15394
144 Movement of Goods 19452
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31589
146 North West Corner Method 16849
147 Numeric Distribution 14201
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28522
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48389
150 Operational Efficiency 9928
151 Operational Objectives 13336
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18112
153 Operational Sustainability 27921
154 Operations Management 20648
155 Order Cancellation 10805
156 Order Cycle 18428
157 Order Cycle Time 23491
158 Order Fill Rate 33998
159 Order Fulfillment 6463
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10295
161 Parts Standardization 9300
162 PDCA Cycle 7978
163 Peak Load Pricing 13356
164 Perfect Order 13203
165 Physical Distribution 24912
166 Pick List 9827
167 Pipeline inventory 42340
168 Postponement 15278
169 Process Bottleneck 6277
170 Process Checklist Template 6918
171 Process Yield 20141
172 Product ID 15889
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10356
174 Production Capacity 27673
175 Production Orientation 25633
176 Production Planning 36536
177 Production Related Materials 7677
178 Production Scheduling 36002
179 Purchasing 22766
180 Quality Audit 7148
181 Quality Control 36248
182 Quality Standards 56534
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14181
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11933
185 Quick Response 11244
186 Raw Material 25268
187 Return Goods Handling 10408
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11284
189 Root Cause Analysis 9199
190 Routing 6998
 
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