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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 9736
92 External Growth 9950
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9328
94 Field Services 7666
95 Field Warehouse 9872
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8621
97 Fishbone Diagram 14485
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26803
99 Flow Through Distribution 12187
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
101 FOB Destination 12893
102 Forward buying 29904
103 Freight Charge 10223
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11595
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29386
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12564
109 Hub 23251
110 Idle Time 7972
111 Import/Export License 8608
112 In Bond Shipment 13774
113 Inbound Logistics 13420
114 Interstate System 10894
115 Inventory Costs 53222
116 Inventory in Transit 16291
117 Inventory Management 54356
118 Inventory Planning System 9697
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22133
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42116
121 JIT 2 18330
122 Job Production 27200
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8933
124 Kanban Squares 6746
125 Laid-Down Cost 10033
126 Lean Office 5936
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10798
128 Lee's Notation 8472
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14044
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36828
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9114
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7364
133 Logistics Channel 22749
134 Logistics Costs 26482
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6616
136 Manifest 10413
137 Marks and Numbers 12449
138 Material Planning 34904
139 Materials Management 26218
140 Milk Run 42841
141 Mini Land Bridge 14291
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9391
143 Modal Split 15252
144 Movement of Goods 19305
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31354
146 North West Corner Method 16768
147 Numeric Distribution 14034
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28374
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48167
150 Operational Efficiency 9836
151 Operational Objectives 13241
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18043
153 Operational Sustainability 27719
154 Operations Management 20375
155 Order Cancellation 10669
156 Order Cycle 18328
157 Order Cycle Time 23386
158 Order Fill Rate 33856
159 Order Fulfillment 6387
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10177
161 Parts Standardization 9213
162 PDCA Cycle 7909
163 Peak Load Pricing 13268
164 Perfect Order 13035
165 Physical Distribution 24783
166 Pick List 9738
167 Pipeline inventory 42186
168 Postponement 15168
169 Process Bottleneck 6186
170 Process Checklist Template 6836
171 Process Yield 20027
172 Product ID 15787
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10297
174 Production Capacity 27428
175 Production Orientation 25456
176 Production Planning 36188
177 Production Related Materials 7547
178 Production Scheduling 35588
179 Purchasing 22519
180 Quality Audit 7054
181 Quality Control 35769
182 Quality Standards 56277
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14051
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11839
185 Quick Response 11137
186 Raw Material 24956
187 Return Goods Handling 10315
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11078
189 Root Cause Analysis 9117
190 Routing 6920
 
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