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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 9809
92 External Growth 10043
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9399
94 Field Services 7726
95 Field Warehouse 10362
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8732
97 Fishbone Diagram 14577
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26971
99 Flow Through Distribution 12281
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8145
101 FOB Destination 12993
102 Forward buying 30037
103 Freight Charge 10298
104 Freight Consolidation 7505
105 Gantt Chart 8271
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11699
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29536
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12652
109 Hub 23380
110 Idle Time 8045
111 Import/Export License 8687
112 In Bond Shipment 13911
113 Inbound Logistics 13547
114 Interstate System 10978
115 Inventory Costs 53525
116 Inventory in Transit 16408
117 Inventory Management 54635
118 Inventory Planning System 9757
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22255
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42573
121 JIT 2 18409
122 Job Production 27547
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9031
124 Kanban Squares 6811
125 Laid-Down Cost 10137
126 Lean Office 6012
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10842
128 Lee's Notation 8545
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14188
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37136
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9235
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7415
133 Logistics Channel 22867
134 Logistics Costs 26622
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6670
136 Manifest 10505
137 Marks and Numbers 12574
138 Material Planning 35049
139 Materials Management 26331
140 Milk Run 43055
141 Mini Land Bridge 14392
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9518
143 Modal Split 15385
144 Movement of Goods 19438
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31565
146 North West Corner Method 16841
147 Numeric Distribution 14184
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28507
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48371
150 Operational Efficiency 9919
151 Operational Objectives 13323
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18107
153 Operational Sustainability 27890
154 Operations Management 20614
155 Order Cancellation 10793
156 Order Cycle 18420
157 Order Cycle Time 23482
158 Order Fill Rate 33984
159 Order Fulfillment 6454
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10281
161 Parts Standardization 9290
162 PDCA Cycle 7950
163 Peak Load Pricing 13344
164 Perfect Order 13195
165 Physical Distribution 24896
166 Pick List 9820
167 Pipeline inventory 42330
168 Postponement 15271
169 Process Bottleneck 6263
170 Process Checklist Template 6908
171 Process Yield 20115
172 Product ID 15875
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10351
174 Production Capacity 27651
175 Production Orientation 25610
176 Production Planning 36509
177 Production Related Materials 7666
178 Production Scheduling 35974
179 Purchasing 22729
180 Quality Audit 7138
181 Quality Control 36215
182 Quality Standards 56516
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14168
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11920
185 Quick Response 11233
186 Raw Material 25244
187 Return Goods Handling 10398
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11250
189 Root Cause Analysis 9193
190 Routing 6990
 
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