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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 9771
92 External Growth 10002
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9365
94 Field Services 7701
95 Field Warehouse 10144
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8686
97 Fishbone Diagram 14533
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26887
99 Flow Through Distribution 12243
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
101 FOB Destination 12953
102 Forward buying 29978
103 Freight Charge 10263
104 Freight Consolidation 7476
105 Gantt Chart 8239
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11650
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29468
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12614
109 Hub 23320
110 Idle Time 8006
111 Import/Export License 8654
112 In Bond Shipment 13843
113 Inbound Logistics 13487
114 Interstate System 10941
115 Inventory Costs 53375
116 Inventory in Transit 16350
117 Inventory Management 54512
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22208
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42366
121 JIT 2 18376
122 Job Production 27375
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8985
124 Kanban Squares 6779
125 Laid-Down Cost 10087
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8514
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14122
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37007
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9178
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7394
133 Logistics Channel 22811
134 Logistics Costs 26552
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6640
136 Manifest 10467
137 Marks and Numbers 12529
138 Material Planning 34986
139 Materials Management 26282
140 Milk Run 42956
141 Mini Land Bridge 14348
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9462
143 Modal Split 15332
144 Movement of Goods 19371
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31451
146 North West Corner Method 16807
147 Numeric Distribution 14121
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28445
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48282
150 Operational Efficiency 9884
151 Operational Objectives 13284
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18080
153 Operational Sustainability 27812
154 Operations Management 20519
155 Order Cancellation 10738
156 Order Cycle 18373
157 Order Cycle Time 23431
158 Order Fill Rate 33923
159 Order Fulfillment 6426
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10231
161 Parts Standardization 9253
162 PDCA Cycle 7933
163 Peak Load Pricing 13309
164 Perfect Order 13121
165 Physical Distribution 24841
166 Pick List 9781
167 Pipeline inventory 42266
168 Postponement 15227
169 Process Bottleneck 6233
170 Process Checklist Template 6876
171 Process Yield 20074
172 Product ID 15831
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10330
174 Production Capacity 27550
175 Production Orientation 25544
176 Production Planning 36359
177 Production Related Materials 7612
178 Production Scheduling 35823
179 Purchasing 22626
180 Quality Audit 7099
181 Quality Control 36015
182 Quality Standards 56409
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14106
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11886
185 Quick Response 11193
186 Raw Material 25123
187 Return Goods Handling 10363
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11171
189 Root Cause Analysis 9155
190 Routing 6957
 
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