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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 9594
92 External Growth 9809
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9190
94 Field Services 7574
95 Field Warehouse 9669
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8400
97 Fishbone Diagram 14286
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26488
99 Flow Through Distribution 12022
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7903
101 FOB Destination 12658
102 Forward buying 29684
103 Freight Charge 10081
104 Freight Consolidation 7301
105 Gantt Chart 8100
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11386
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29143
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23018
110 Idle Time 7851
111 Import/Export License 8462
112 In Bond Shipment 13587
113 Inbound Logistics 13189
114 Interstate System 10766
115 Inventory Costs 52687
116 Inventory in Transit 16067
117 Inventory Management 53786
118 Inventory Planning System 9561
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21883
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41285
121 JIT 2 18194
122 Job Production 26558
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8741
124 Kanban Squares 6601
125 Laid-Down Cost 9877
126 Lean Office 5787
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10724
128 Lee's Notation 8337
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13791
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36227
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8939
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7240
133 Logistics Channel 22538
134 Logistics Costs 26258
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6524
136 Manifest 10216
137 Marks and Numbers 12245
138 Material Planning 34528
139 Materials Management 26005
140 Milk Run 42387
141 Mini Land Bridge 14110
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9163
143 Modal Split 14951
144 Movement of Goods 19100
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31036
146 North West Corner Method 16630
147 Numeric Distribution 13819
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28118
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47818
150 Operational Efficiency 9661
151 Operational Objectives 13093
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17922
153 Operational Sustainability 27452
154 Operations Management 19823
155 Order Cancellation 10390
156 Order Cycle 18153
157 Order Cycle Time 23165
158 Order Fill Rate 33600
159 Order Fulfillment 6272
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10028
161 Parts Standardization 9059
162 PDCA Cycle 7808
163 Peak Load Pricing 13098
164 Perfect Order 12786
165 Physical Distribution 24531
166 Pick List 9589
167 Pipeline inventory 41914
168 Postponement 15009
169 Process Bottleneck 6029
170 Process Checklist Template 6703
171 Process Yield 19849
172 Product ID 15613
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27026
175 Production Orientation 25247
176 Production Planning 35556
177 Production Related Materials 7295
178 Production Scheduling 35026
179 Purchasing 22172
180 Quality Audit 6883
181 Quality Control 34988
182 Quality Standards 55867
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13876
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11688
185 Quick Response 10890
186 Raw Material 24339
187 Return Goods Handling 10177
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10787
189 Root Cause Analysis 8973
190 Routing 6824
 
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