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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 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7599
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8474
97 Fishbone Diagram 14339
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26577
99 Flow Through Distribution 12079
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7953
101 FOB Destination 12716
102 Forward buying 29765
103 Freight Charge 10124
104 Freight Consolidation 7351
105 Gantt Chart 8130
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11469
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29223
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12449
109 Hub 23093
110 Idle Time 7884
111 Import/Export License 8506
112 In Bond Shipment 13646
113 Inbound Logistics 13250
114 Interstate System 10796
115 Inventory Costs 52851
116 Inventory in Transit 16132
117 Inventory Management 53935
118 Inventory Planning System 9606
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21974
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41532
121 JIT 2 18239
122 Job Production 26754
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8799
124 Kanban Squares 6650
125 Laid-Down Cost 9910
126 Lean Office 5831
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10758
128 Lee's Notation 8380
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13871
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36383
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8983
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7294
133 Logistics Channel 22596
134 Logistics Costs 26323
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6553
136 Manifest 10272
137 Marks and Numbers 12284
138 Material Planning 34636
139 Materials Management 26060
140 Milk Run 42531
141 Mini Land Bridge 14165
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9235
143 Modal Split 15033
144 Movement of Goods 19166
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31130
146 North West Corner Method 16667
147 Numeric Distribution 13885
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28182
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47916
150 Operational Efficiency 9722
151 Operational Objectives 13136
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17953
153 Operational Sustainability 27539
154 Operations Management 19983
155 Order Cancellation 10460
156 Order Cycle 18194
157 Order Cycle Time 23231
158 Order Fill Rate 33683
159 Order Fulfillment 6310
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10059
161 Parts Standardization 9103
162 PDCA Cycle 7831
163 Peak Load Pricing 13169
164 Perfect Order 12868
165 Physical Distribution 24605
166 Pick List 9633
167 Pipeline inventory 41998
168 Postponement 15055
169 Process Bottleneck 6075
170 Process Checklist Template 6729
171 Process Yield 19900
172 Product ID 15659
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10213
174 Production Capacity 27185
175 Production Orientation 25303
176 Production Planning 35741
177 Production Related Materials 7348
178 Production Scheduling 35190
179 Purchasing 22286
180 Quality Audit 6941
181 Quality Control 35235
182 Quality Standards 55995
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13932
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11736
185 Quick Response 10969
186 Raw Material 24544
187 Return Goods Handling 10210
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10873
189 Root Cause Analysis 9015
190 Routing 6846
 
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