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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 9926
92 External Growth 10208
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9634
94 Field Services 7817
95 Field Warehouse 10920
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8950
97 Fishbone Diagram 14742
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27292
99 Flow Through Distribution 12455
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8310
101 FOB Destination 13197
102 Forward buying 30390
103 Freight Charge 10511
104 Freight Consolidation 7615
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11887
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29750
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12816
109 Hub 23600
110 Idle Time 8164
111 Import/Export License 8832
112 In Bond Shipment 14107
113 Inbound Logistics 13727
114 Interstate System 11115
115 Inventory Costs 54042
116 Inventory in Transit 16701
117 Inventory Management 55204
118 Inventory Planning System 9973
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22484
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43330
121 JIT 2 18555
122 Job Production 28184
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9253
124 Kanban Squares 6958
125 Laid-Down Cost 10356
126 Lean Office 6233
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8647
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14436
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37608
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9420
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23056
134 Logistics Costs 26862
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6757
136 Manifest 10677
137 Marks and Numbers 12783
138 Material Planning 35341
139 Materials Management 26541
140 Milk Run 43351
141 Mini Land Bridge 14547
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9716
143 Modal Split 15584
144 Movement of Goods 19668
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31909
146 North West Corner Method 16963
147 Numeric Distribution 14379
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28732
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48783
150 Operational Efficiency 10049
151 Operational Objectives 13480
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18207
153 Operational Sustainability 28273
154 Operations Management 21079
155 Order Cancellation 10965
156 Order Cycle 18566
157 Order Cycle Time 23664
158 Order Fill Rate 34215
159 Order Fulfillment 6567
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10459
161 Parts Standardization 9417
162 PDCA Cycle 8130
163 Peak Load Pricing 13466
164 Perfect Order 13411
165 Physical Distribution 25150
166 Pick List 9962
167 Pipeline inventory 42569
168 Postponement 15422
169 Process Bottleneck 6405
170 Process Checklist Template 7014
171 Process Yield 20363
172 Product ID 16052
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10465
174 Production Capacity 27998
175 Production Orientation 25871
176 Production Planning 37044
177 Production Related Materials 7873
178 Production Scheduling 36414
179 Purchasing 23175
180 Quality Audit 7293
181 Quality Control 36841
182 Quality Standards 56886
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14342
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12055
185 Quick Response 11425
186 Raw Material 25748
187 Return Goods Handling 10545
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11615
189 Root Cause Analysis 9327
190 Routing 7092
 
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