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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 9909
92 External Growth 10184
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9612
94 Field Services 7801
95 Field Warehouse 10833
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8913
97 Fishbone Diagram 14715
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27245
99 Flow Through Distribution 12426
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8281
101 FOB Destination 13162
102 Forward buying 30359
103 Freight Charge 10494
104 Freight Consolidation 7603
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11850
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29718
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12791
109 Hub 23577
110 Idle Time 8151
111 Import/Export License 8816
112 In Bond Shipment 14085
113 Inbound Logistics 13702
114 Interstate System 11099
115 Inventory Costs 53984
116 Inventory in Transit 16668
117 Inventory Management 55122
118 Inventory Planning System 9955
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22440
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43224
121 JIT 2 18537
122 Job Production 28078
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9235
124 Kanban Squares 6933
125 Laid-Down Cost 10330
126 Lean Office 6213
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10905
128 Lee's Notation 8638
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14400
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37541
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9392
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7594
133 Logistics Channel 23034
134 Logistics Costs 26830
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6745
136 Manifest 10657
137 Marks and Numbers 12749
138 Material Planning 35302
139 Materials Management 26508
140 Milk Run 43310
141 Mini Land Bridge 14523
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9693
143 Modal Split 15558
144 Movement of Goods 19614
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31868
146 North West Corner Method 16946
147 Numeric Distribution 14354
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28700
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48717
150 Operational Efficiency 10031
151 Operational Objectives 13462
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18195
153 Operational Sustainability 28229
154 Operations Management 21028
155 Order Cancellation 10936
156 Order Cycle 18548
157 Order Cycle Time 23635
158 Order Fill Rate 34174
159 Order Fulfillment 6554
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10433
161 Parts Standardization 9403
162 PDCA Cycle 8116
163 Peak Load Pricing 13447
164 Perfect Order 13380
165 Physical Distribution 25111
166 Pick List 9934
167 Pipeline inventory 42532
168 Postponement 15395
169 Process Bottleneck 6392
170 Process Checklist Template 7000
171 Process Yield 20337
172 Product ID 16028
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10445
174 Production Capacity 27943
175 Production Orientation 25828
176 Production Planning 36971
177 Production Related Materials 7832
178 Production Scheduling 36352
179 Purchasing 23111
180 Quality Audit 7268
181 Quality Control 36746
182 Quality Standards 56830
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14312
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12042
185 Quick Response 11400
186 Raw Material 25690
187 Return Goods Handling 10525
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11568
189 Root Cause Analysis 9306
190 Routing 7082
 
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