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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 9579
92 External Growth 9787
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9176
94 Field Services 7567
95 Field Warehouse 9647
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8374
97 Fishbone Diagram 14268
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26460
99 Flow Through Distribution 11999
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7887
101 FOB Destination 12636
102 Forward buying 29661
103 Freight Charge 10063
104 Freight Consolidation 7285
105 Gantt Chart 8088
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11358
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29118
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12397
109 Hub 22993
110 Idle Time 7834
111 Import/Export License 8441
112 In Bond Shipment 13565
113 Inbound Logistics 13168
114 Interstate System 10757
115 Inventory Costs 52611
116 Inventory in Transit 16045
117 Inventory Management 53724
118 Inventory Planning System 9547
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21844
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41166
121 JIT 2 18180
122 Job Production 26479
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8720
124 Kanban Squares 6584
125 Laid-Down Cost 9861
126 Lean Office 5773
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10717
128 Lee's Notation 8325
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13758
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36172
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8925
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7221
133 Logistics Channel 22515
134 Logistics Costs 26229
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6516
136 Manifest 10193
137 Marks and Numbers 12223
138 Material Planning 34497
139 Materials Management 25983
140 Milk Run 42332
141 Mini Land Bridge 14092
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9140
143 Modal Split 14912
144 Movement of Goods 19075
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31003
146 North West Corner Method 16617
147 Numeric Distribution 13799
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28091
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47777
150 Operational Efficiency 9640
151 Operational Objectives 13074
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17911
153 Operational Sustainability 27417
154 Operations Management 19761
155 Order Cancellation 10366
156 Order Cycle 18128
157 Order Cycle Time 23140
158 Order Fill Rate 33563
159 Order Fulfillment 6257
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10013
161 Parts Standardization 9044
162 PDCA Cycle 7796
163 Peak Load Pricing 13076
164 Perfect Order 12761
165 Physical Distribution 24498
166 Pick List 9566
167 Pipeline inventory 41874
168 Postponement 14983
169 Process Bottleneck 6007
170 Process Checklist Template 6691
171 Process Yield 19833
172 Product ID 15590
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10175
174 Production Capacity 26967
175 Production Orientation 25227
176 Production Planning 35460
177 Production Related Materials 7270
178 Production Scheduling 34950
179 Purchasing 22133
180 Quality Audit 6856
181 Quality Control 34878
182 Quality Standards 55821
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13857
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11673
185 Quick Response 10862
186 Raw Material 24243
187 Return Goods Handling 10164
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10745
189 Root Cause Analysis 8960
190 Routing 6815
 
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