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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 9584
92 External Growth 9791
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9180
94 Field Services 7568
95 Field Warehouse 9652
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8387
97 Fishbone Diagram 14276
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26467
99 Flow Through Distribution 12007
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7890
101 FOB Destination 12642
102 Forward buying 29669
103 Freight Charge 10068
104 Freight Consolidation 7290
105 Gantt Chart 8090
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11367
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29124
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12402
109 Hub 22998
110 Idle Time 7838
111 Import/Export License 8450
112 In Bond Shipment 13571
113 Inbound Logistics 13171
114 Interstate System 10758
115 Inventory Costs 52634
116 Inventory in Transit 16051
117 Inventory Management 53747
118 Inventory Planning System 9551
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21856
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41207
121 JIT 2 18183
122 Job Production 26504
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8728
124 Kanban Squares 6589
125 Laid-Down Cost 9868
126 Lean Office 5775
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8328
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13770
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36193
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8929
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7222
133 Logistics Channel 22521
134 Logistics Costs 26234
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6520
136 Manifest 10197
137 Marks and Numbers 12230
138 Material Planning 34507
139 Materials Management 25989
140 Milk Run 42343
141 Mini Land Bridge 14096
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9142
143 Modal Split 14921
144 Movement of Goods 19080
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31013
146 North West Corner Method 16620
147 Numeric Distribution 13807
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28101
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47791
150 Operational Efficiency 9648
151 Operational Objectives 13084
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17914
153 Operational Sustainability 27425
154 Operations Management 19780
155 Order Cancellation 10374
156 Order Cycle 18133
157 Order Cycle Time 23145
158 Order Fill Rate 33573
159 Order Fulfillment 6260
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10017
161 Parts Standardization 9048
162 PDCA Cycle 7801
163 Peak Load Pricing 13084
164 Perfect Order 12767
165 Physical Distribution 24505
166 Pick List 9575
167 Pipeline inventory 41884
168 Postponement 14994
169 Process Bottleneck 6014
170 Process Checklist Template 6695
171 Process Yield 19835
172 Product ID 15595
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10179
174 Production Capacity 26986
175 Production Orientation 25234
176 Production Planning 35492
177 Production Related Materials 7279
178 Production Scheduling 34971
179 Purchasing 22144
180 Quality Audit 6866
181 Quality Control 34917
182 Quality Standards 55832
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13864
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11678
185 Quick Response 10868
186 Raw Material 24275
187 Return Goods Handling 10168
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10757
189 Root Cause Analysis 8966
190 Routing 6819
 
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