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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 9712
92 External Growth 9919
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9296
94 Field Services 7647
95 Field Warehouse 9788
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8579
97 Fishbone Diagram 14449
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26745
99 Flow Through Distribution 12153
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8032
101 FOB Destination 12847
102 Forward buying 29861
103 Freight Charge 10196
104 Freight Consolidation 7415
105 Gantt Chart 8189
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11556
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29346
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12534
109 Hub 23205
110 Idle Time 7946
111 Import/Export License 8584
112 In Bond Shipment 13742
113 Inbound Logistics 13375
114 Interstate System 10862
115 Inventory Costs 53134
116 Inventory in Transit 16253
117 Inventory Management 54233
118 Inventory Planning System 9670
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41948
121 JIT 2 18309
122 Job Production 27068
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8898
124 Kanban Squares 6721
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5904
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10784
128 Lee's Notation 8447
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13998
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36693
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9074
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7344
133 Logistics Channel 22713
134 Logistics Costs 26435
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6599
136 Manifest 10378
137 Marks and Numbers 12396
138 Material Planning 34835
139 Materials Management 26179
140 Milk Run 42769
141 Mini Land Bridge 14256
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9344
143 Modal Split 15188
144 Movement of Goods 19262
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31297
146 North West Corner Method 16740
147 Numeric Distribution 13990
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28316
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48095
150 Operational Efficiency 9808
151 Operational Objectives 13213
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18012
153 Operational Sustainability 27665
154 Operations Management 20259
155 Order Cancellation 10617
156 Order Cycle 18286
157 Order Cycle Time 23345
158 Order Fill Rate 33797
159 Order Fulfillment 6367
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10142
161 Parts Standardization 9179
162 PDCA Cycle 7886
163 Peak Load Pricing 13244
164 Perfect Order 12979
165 Physical Distribution 24743
166 Pick List 9708
167 Pipeline inventory 42148
168 Postponement 15135
169 Process Bottleneck 6153
170 Process Checklist Template 6805
171 Process Yield 19994
172 Product ID 15759
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10270
174 Production Capacity 27376
175 Production Orientation 25409
176 Production Planning 36073
177 Production Related Materials 7482
178 Production Scheduling 35482
179 Purchasing 22448
180 Quality Audit 7033
181 Quality Control 35636
182 Quality Standards 56195
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14019
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11813
185 Quick Response 11098
186 Raw Material 24844
187 Return Goods Handling 10290
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11014
189 Root Cause Analysis 9087
190 Routing 6895
 
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