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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 9548
92 External Growth 9758
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7544
95 Field Warehouse 9614
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8331
97 Fishbone Diagram 14225
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26400
99 Flow Through Distribution 11971
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7852
101 FOB Destination 12589
102 Forward buying 29613
103 Freight Charge 10042
104 Freight Consolidation 7251
105 Gantt Chart 8067
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11326
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29010
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22941
110 Idle Time 7803
111 Import/Export License 8407
112 In Bond Shipment 13507
113 Inbound Logistics 13124
114 Interstate System 10741
115 Inventory Costs 52461
116 Inventory in Transit 16002
117 Inventory Management 53613
118 Inventory Planning System 9521
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21793
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40957
121 JIT 2 18154
122 Job Production 26355
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8682
124 Kanban Squares 6554
125 Laid-Down Cost 9831
126 Lean Office 5747
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10699
128 Lee's Notation 8287
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13703
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36026
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8896
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7198
133 Logistics Channel 22475
134 Logistics Costs 26177
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6503
136 Manifest 10159
137 Marks and Numbers 12187
138 Material Planning 34414
139 Materials Management 25944
140 Milk Run 42222
141 Mini Land Bridge 14058
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9096
143 Modal Split 14862
144 Movement of Goods 19004
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30942
146 North West Corner Method 16590
147 Numeric Distribution 13738
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28040
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47705
150 Operational Efficiency 9607
151 Operational Objectives 13042
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17889
153 Operational Sustainability 27361
154 Operations Management 19652
155 Order Cancellation 10316
156 Order Cycle 18100
157 Order Cycle Time 23045
158 Order Fill Rate 33524
159 Order Fulfillment 6234
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9984
161 Parts Standardization 9019
162 PDCA Cycle 7785
163 Peak Load Pricing 13045
164 Perfect Order 12718
165 Physical Distribution 24438
166 Pick List 9542
167 Pipeline inventory 41791
168 Postponement 14943
169 Process Bottleneck 5973
170 Process Checklist Template 6664
171 Process Yield 19791
172 Product ID 15558
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10154
174 Production Capacity 26859
175 Production Orientation 25188
176 Production Planning 35298
177 Production Related Materials 7230
178 Production Scheduling 34817
179 Purchasing 22049
180 Quality Audit 6824
181 Quality Control 34666
182 Quality Standards 55718
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13816
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11643
185 Quick Response 10822
186 Raw Material 24081
187 Return Goods Handling 10145
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10667
189 Root Cause Analysis 8933
190 Routing 6799
 
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