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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 9659
92 External Growth 9867
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9256
94 Field Services 7616
95 Field Warehouse 9736
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8517
97 Fishbone Diagram 14385
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26638
99 Flow Through Distribution 12103
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7979
101 FOB Destination 12765
102 Forward buying 29805
103 Freight Charge 10145
104 Freight Consolidation 7374
105 Gantt Chart 8150
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11501
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29258
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12479
109 Hub 23132
110 Idle Time 7907
111 Import/Export License 8532
112 In Bond Shipment 13689
113 Inbound Logistics 13289
114 Interstate System 10817
115 Inventory Costs 52953
116 Inventory in Transit 16174
117 Inventory Management 54045
118 Inventory Planning System 9628
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22019
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41683
121 JIT 2 18266
122 Job Production 26876
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8839
124 Kanban Squares 6678
125 Laid-Down Cost 9938
126 Lean Office 5859
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10766
128 Lee's Notation 8403
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13917
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36508
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9007
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7314
133 Logistics Channel 22632
134 Logistics Costs 26366
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6574
136 Manifest 10314
137 Marks and Numbers 12321
138 Material Planning 34715
139 Materials Management 26098
140 Milk Run 42641
141 Mini Land Bridge 14206
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9280
143 Modal Split 15085
144 Movement of Goods 19198
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31192
146 North West Corner Method 16689
147 Numeric Distribution 13930
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28232
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47992
150 Operational Efficiency 9751
151 Operational Objectives 13163
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17974
153 Operational Sustainability 27593
154 Operations Management 20091
155 Order Cancellation 10516
156 Order Cycle 18231
157 Order Cycle Time 23283
158 Order Fill Rate 33726
159 Order Fulfillment 6333
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10085
161 Parts Standardization 9135
162 PDCA Cycle 7853
163 Peak Load Pricing 13190
164 Perfect Order 12909
165 Physical Distribution 24659
166 Pick List 9665
167 Pipeline inventory 42059
168 Postponement 15089
169 Process Bottleneck 6104
170 Process Checklist Template 6747
171 Process Yield 19934
172 Product ID 15700
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10236
174 Production Capacity 27255
175 Production Orientation 25344
176 Production Planning 35871
177 Production Related Materials 7384
178 Production Scheduling 35303
179 Purchasing 22350
180 Quality Audit 6975
181 Quality Control 35396
182 Quality Standards 56078
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13959
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11770
185 Quick Response 11013
186 Raw Material 24663
187 Return Goods Handling 10246
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10930
189 Root Cause Analysis 9043
190 Routing 6863
 
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