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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 9792
92 External Growth 10025
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9390
94 Field Services 7714
95 Field Warehouse 10295
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8712
97 Fishbone Diagram 14562
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26942
99 Flow Through Distribution 12267
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8131
101 FOB Destination 12978
102 Forward buying 30018
103 Freight Charge 10281
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8261
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11684
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29515
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12638
109 Hub 23357
110 Idle Time 8028
111 Import/Export License 8674
112 In Bond Shipment 13886
113 Inbound Logistics 13530
114 Interstate System 10963
115 Inventory Costs 53465
116 Inventory in Transit 16387
117 Inventory Management 54593
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22242
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42498
121 JIT 2 18396
122 Job Production 27492
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9012
124 Kanban Squares 6801
125 Laid-Down Cost 10118
126 Lean Office 5996
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8535
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14163
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37101
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9213
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22846
134 Logistics Costs 26598
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6656
136 Manifest 10491
137 Marks and Numbers 12563
138 Material Planning 35020
139 Materials Management 26310
140 Milk Run 43024
141 Mini Land Bridge 14376
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9498
143 Modal Split 15366
144 Movement of Goods 19410
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31525
146 North West Corner Method 16827
147 Numeric Distribution 14160
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28488
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48337
150 Operational Efficiency 9906
151 Operational Objectives 13308
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18096
153 Operational Sustainability 27863
154 Operations Management 20587
155 Order Cancellation 10768
156 Order Cycle 18402
157 Order Cycle Time 23459
158 Order Fill Rate 33961
159 Order Fulfillment 6444
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10273
161 Parts Standardization 9274
162 PDCA Cycle 7942
163 Peak Load Pricing 13331
164 Perfect Order 13162
165 Physical Distribution 24874
166 Pick List 9804
167 Pipeline inventory 42310
168 Postponement 15252
169 Process Bottleneck 6252
170 Process Checklist Template 6892
171 Process Yield 20099
172 Product ID 15861
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10342
174 Production Capacity 27620
175 Production Orientation 25583
176 Production Planning 36458
177 Production Related Materials 7649
178 Production Scheduling 35922
179 Purchasing 22701
180 Quality Audit 7123
181 Quality Control 36156
182 Quality Standards 56478
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14146
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11908
185 Quick Response 11219
186 Raw Material 25202
187 Return Goods Handling 10386
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11228
189 Root Cause Analysis 9177
190 Routing 6978
 
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