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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 9629
92 External Growth 9842
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9227
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9709
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8466
97 Fishbone Diagram 14334
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26569
99 Flow Through Distribution 12075
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7949
101 FOB Destination 12712
102 Forward buying 29755
103 Freight Charge 10119
104 Freight Consolidation 7345
105 Gantt Chart 8128
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11464
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29221
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12445
109 Hub 23083
110 Idle Time 7881
111 Import/Export License 8503
112 In Bond Shipment 13640
113 Inbound Logistics 13245
114 Interstate System 10793
115 Inventory Costs 52833
116 Inventory in Transit 16128
117 Inventory Management 53928
118 Inventory Planning System 9603
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21967
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41513
121 JIT 2 18234
122 Job Production 26741
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8794
124 Kanban Squares 6645
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5828
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10756
128 Lee's Notation 8376
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13865
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36367
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8981
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7291
133 Logistics Channel 22593
134 Logistics Costs 26318
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6552
136 Manifest 10267
137 Marks and Numbers 12280
138 Material Planning 34624
139 Materials Management 26054
140 Milk Run 42515
141 Mini Land Bridge 14161
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9232
143 Modal Split 15026
144 Movement of Goods 19158
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31121
146 North West Corner Method 16666
147 Numeric Distribution 13881
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28176
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47906
150 Operational Efficiency 9720
151 Operational Objectives 13134
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17952
153 Operational Sustainability 27534
154 Operations Management 19971
155 Order Cancellation 10454
156 Order Cycle 18192
157 Order Cycle Time 23226
158 Order Fill Rate 33673
159 Order Fulfillment 6306
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10058
161 Parts Standardization 9096
162 PDCA Cycle 7831
163 Peak Load Pricing 13167
164 Perfect Order 12864
165 Physical Distribution 24599
166 Pick List 9630
167 Pipeline inventory 41990
168 Postponement 15053
169 Process Bottleneck 6072
170 Process Checklist Template 6727
171 Process Yield 19893
172 Product ID 15657
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10212
174 Production Capacity 27175
175 Production Orientation 25295
176 Production Planning 35726
177 Production Related Materials 7343
178 Production Scheduling 35173
179 Purchasing 22279
180 Quality Audit 6937
181 Quality Control 35216
182 Quality Standards 55988
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13929
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11733
185 Quick Response 10961
186 Raw Material 24529
187 Return Goods Handling 10208
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10868
189 Root Cause Analysis 9012
190 Routing 6844
 
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