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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 9941
92 External Growth 10236
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9664
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11013
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8987
97 Fishbone Diagram 14767
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27344
99 Flow Through Distribution 12481
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8336
101 FOB Destination 13224
102 Forward buying 30425
103 Freight Charge 10526
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8384
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11921
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29773
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12843
109 Hub 23643
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8852
112 In Bond Shipment 14135
113 Inbound Logistics 13757
114 Interstate System 11136
115 Inventory Costs 54101
116 Inventory in Transit 16741
117 Inventory Management 55283
118 Inventory Planning System 9997
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22515
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43445
121 JIT 2 18576
122 Job Production 28270
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9276
124 Kanban Squares 6977
125 Laid-Down Cost 10386
126 Lean Office 6253
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8664
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14470
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37672
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9444
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23079
134 Logistics Costs 26886
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6770
136 Manifest 10703
137 Marks and Numbers 12813
138 Material Planning 35379
139 Materials Management 26566
140 Milk Run 43391
141 Mini Land Bridge 14564
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9743
143 Modal Split 15613
144 Movement of Goods 19713
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31948
146 North West Corner Method 16983
147 Numeric Distribution 14403
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28769
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48826
150 Operational Efficiency 10066
151 Operational Objectives 13495
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18222
153 Operational Sustainability 28301
154 Operations Management 21115
155 Order Cancellation 10991
156 Order Cycle 18590
157 Order Cycle Time 23689
158 Order Fill Rate 34244
159 Order Fulfillment 6583
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10482
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13481
164 Perfect Order 13438
165 Physical Distribution 25180
166 Pick List 9983
167 Pipeline inventory 42608
168 Postponement 15460
169 Process Bottleneck 6426
170 Process Checklist Template 7024
171 Process Yield 20380
172 Product ID 16074
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10488
174 Production Capacity 28040
175 Production Orientation 25910
176 Production Planning 37113
177 Production Related Materials 7897
178 Production Scheduling 36469
179 Purchasing 23221
180 Quality Audit 7323
181 Quality Control 36934
182 Quality Standards 56934
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14370
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12078
185 Quick Response 11456
186 Raw Material 25802
187 Return Goods Handling 10572
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11658
189 Root Cause Analysis 9345
190 Routing 7109
 
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