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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 9788
92 External Growth 10023
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10278
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8708
97 Fishbone Diagram 14558
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26934
99 Flow Through Distribution 12264
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8130
101 FOB Destination 12975
102 Forward buying 30014
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8258
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11678
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29507
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12633
109 Hub 23351
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8671
112 In Bond Shipment 13883
113 Inbound Logistics 13522
114 Interstate System 10961
115 Inventory Costs 53449
116 Inventory in Transit 16382
117 Inventory Management 54582
118 Inventory Planning System 9747
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22236
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42485
121 JIT 2 18393
122 Job Production 27466
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9009
124 Kanban Squares 6798
125 Laid-Down Cost 10114
126 Lean Office 5993
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8530
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14158
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37088
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9209
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7406
133 Logistics Channel 22842
134 Logistics Costs 26588
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6653
136 Manifest 10489
137 Marks and Numbers 12559
138 Material Planning 35014
139 Materials Management 26309
140 Milk Run 43017
141 Mini Land Bridge 14374
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9496
143 Modal Split 15361
144 Movement of Goods 19404
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31519
146 North West Corner Method 16825
147 Numeric Distribution 14155
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28477
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48327
150 Operational Efficiency 9904
151 Operational Objectives 13303
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18095
153 Operational Sustainability 27858
154 Operations Management 20584
155 Order Cancellation 10764
156 Order Cycle 18397
157 Order Cycle Time 23456
158 Order Fill Rate 33957
159 Order Fulfillment 6443
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10269
161 Parts Standardization 9273
162 PDCA Cycle 7942
163 Peak Load Pricing 13329
164 Perfect Order 13155
165 Physical Distribution 24867
166 Pick List 9803
167 Pipeline inventory 42302
168 Postponement 15250
169 Process Bottleneck 6251
170 Process Checklist Template 6891
171 Process Yield 20096
172 Product ID 15857
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10342
174 Production Capacity 27610
175 Production Orientation 25579
176 Production Planning 36449
177 Production Related Materials 7644
178 Production Scheduling 35912
179 Purchasing 22694
180 Quality Audit 7121
181 Quality Control 36137
182 Quality Standards 56470
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14140
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11905
185 Quick Response 11217
186 Raw Material 25192
187 Return Goods Handling 10384
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11222
189 Root Cause Analysis 9175
190 Routing 6977
 
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