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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 9755
92 External Growth 9977
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9347
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10010
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8656
97 Fishbone Diagram 14510
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26850
99 Flow Through Distribution 12216
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29947
103 Freight Charge 10246
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11624
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29437
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12593
109 Hub 23290
110 Idle Time 7989
111 Import/Export License 8633
112 In Bond Shipment 13812
113 Inbound Logistics 13458
114 Interstate System 10918
115 Inventory Costs 53317
116 Inventory in Transit 16320
117 Inventory Management 54449
118 Inventory Planning System 9716
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22171
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42261
121 JIT 2 18360
122 Job Production 27310
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8962
124 Kanban Squares 6763
125 Laid-Down Cost 10060
126 Lean Office 5953
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10811
128 Lee's Notation 8500
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14088
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36926
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9152
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7377
133 Logistics Channel 22782
134 Logistics Costs 26522
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6629
136 Manifest 10446
137 Marks and Numbers 12498
138 Material Planning 34943
139 Materials Management 26249
140 Milk Run 42907
141 Mini Land Bridge 14324
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9428
143 Modal Split 15300
144 Movement of Goods 19347
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31413
146 North West Corner Method 16790
147 Numeric Distribution 14090
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28417
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48226
150 Operational Efficiency 9860
151 Operational Objectives 13266
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18066
153 Operational Sustainability 27767
154 Operations Management 20466
155 Order Cancellation 10712
156 Order Cycle 18353
157 Order Cycle Time 23411
158 Order Fill Rate 33892
159 Order Fulfillment 6407
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10207
161 Parts Standardization 9232
162 PDCA Cycle 7924
163 Peak Load Pricing 13292
164 Perfect Order 13083
165 Physical Distribution 24815
166 Pick List 9763
167 Pipeline inventory 42232
168 Postponement 15204
169 Process Bottleneck 6213
170 Process Checklist Template 6857
171 Process Yield 20057
172 Product ID 15813
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10315
174 Production Capacity 27495
175 Production Orientation 25506
176 Production Planning 36276
177 Production Related Materials 7591
178 Production Scheduling 35715
179 Purchasing 22576
180 Quality Audit 7076
181 Quality Control 35909
182 Quality Standards 56349
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14080
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11866
185 Quick Response 11172
186 Raw Material 25045
187 Return Goods Handling 10338
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11133
189 Root Cause Analysis 9140
190 Routing 6944
 
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