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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 9669
92 External Growth 9876
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9265
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9747
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8535
97 Fishbone Diagram 14403
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26666
99 Flow Through Distribution 12120
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7993
101 FOB Destination 12791
102 Forward buying 29824
103 Freight Charge 10156
104 Freight Consolidation 7382
105 Gantt Chart 8163
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11515
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29284
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23156
110 Idle Time 7916
111 Import/Export License 8550
112 In Bond Shipment 13705
113 Inbound Logistics 13311
114 Interstate System 10826
115 Inventory Costs 53013
116 Inventory in Transit 16196
117 Inventory Management 54094
118 Inventory Planning System 9641
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22042
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41748
121 JIT 2 18274
122 Job Production 26924
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8853
124 Kanban Squares 6689
125 Laid-Down Cost 9954
126 Lean Office 5871
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10770
128 Lee's Notation 8415
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13935
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36547
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9021
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7321
133 Logistics Channel 22653
134 Logistics Costs 26392
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6580
136 Manifest 10333
137 Marks and Numbers 12338
138 Material Planning 34746
139 Materials Management 26115
140 Milk Run 42676
141 Mini Land Bridge 14218
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9299
143 Modal Split 15114
144 Movement of Goods 19215
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31218
146 North West Corner Method 16705
147 Numeric Distribution 13946
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28258
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48015
150 Operational Efficiency 9768
151 Operational Objectives 13173
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17984
153 Operational Sustainability 27609
154 Operations Management 20138
155 Order Cancellation 10549
156 Order Cycle 18244
157 Order Cycle Time 23306
158 Order Fill Rate 33748
159 Order Fulfillment 6341
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10097
161 Parts Standardization 9144
162 PDCA Cycle 7859
163 Peak Load Pricing 13199
164 Perfect Order 12927
165 Physical Distribution 24680
166 Pick List 9680
167 Pipeline inventory 42082
168 Postponement 15100
169 Process Bottleneck 6116
170 Process Checklist Template 6759
171 Process Yield 19947
172 Product ID 15718
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10245
174 Production Capacity 27299
175 Production Orientation 25362
176 Production Planning 35929
177 Production Related Materials 7409
178 Production Scheduling 35355
179 Purchasing 22378
180 Quality Audit 6992
181 Quality Control 35464
182 Quality Standards 56110
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13970
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11786
185 Quick Response 11038
186 Raw Material 24707
187 Return Goods Handling 10261
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10950
189 Root Cause Analysis 9053
190 Routing 6867
 
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