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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 9741
92 External Growth 9959
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9338
94 Field Services 7674
95 Field Warehouse 9916
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8640
97 Fishbone Diagram 14501
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26826
99 Flow Through Distribution 12202
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8069
101 FOB Destination 12907
102 Forward buying 29922
103 Freight Charge 10234
104 Freight Consolidation 7444
105 Gantt Chart 8214
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11608
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29406
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12575
109 Hub 23270
110 Idle Time 7978
111 Import/Export License 8620
112 In Bond Shipment 13789
113 Inbound Logistics 13437
114 Interstate System 10906
115 Inventory Costs 53270
116 Inventory in Transit 16305
117 Inventory Management 54408
118 Inventory Planning System 9706
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22153
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42181
121 JIT 2 18342
122 Job Production 27249
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8943
124 Kanban Squares 6753
125 Laid-Down Cost 10046
126 Lean Office 5942
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10802
128 Lee's Notation 8485
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14070
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36870
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9130
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7369
133 Logistics Channel 22762
134 Logistics Costs 26497
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6621
136 Manifest 10430
137 Marks and Numbers 12468
138 Material Planning 34927
139 Materials Management 26234
140 Milk Run 42870
141 Mini Land Bridge 14313
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9405
143 Modal Split 15269
144 Movement of Goods 19323
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31379
146 North West Corner Method 16775
147 Numeric Distribution 14061
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28395
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48193
150 Operational Efficiency 9849
151 Operational Objectives 13250
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18052
153 Operational Sustainability 27742
154 Operations Management 20411
155 Order Cancellation 10686
156 Order Cycle 18341
157 Order Cycle Time 23404
158 Order Fill Rate 33872
159 Order Fulfillment 6397
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10191
161 Parts Standardization 9220
162 PDCA Cycle 7913
163 Peak Load Pricing 13279
164 Perfect Order 13056
165 Physical Distribution 24795
166 Pick List 9747
167 Pipeline inventory 42211
168 Postponement 15186
169 Process Bottleneck 6197
170 Process Checklist Template 6842
171 Process Yield 20037
172 Product ID 15796
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10304
174 Production Capacity 27458
175 Production Orientation 25478
176 Production Planning 36224
177 Production Related Materials 7564
178 Production Scheduling 35634
179 Purchasing 22554
180 Quality Audit 7062
181 Quality Control 35821
182 Quality Standards 56307
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14069
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11851
185 Quick Response 11153
186 Raw Material 24992
187 Return Goods Handling 10327
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11103
189 Root Cause Analysis 9123
190 Routing 6929
 
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