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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 9765
92 External Growth 9989
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7694
95 Field Warehouse 10084
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8674
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26873
99 Flow Through Distribution 12230
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8092
101 FOB Destination 12942
102 Forward buying 29962
103 Freight Charge 10255
104 Freight Consolidation 7468
105 Gantt Chart 8231
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11640
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29454
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12603
109 Hub 23303
110 Idle Time 7998
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13829
113 Inbound Logistics 13476
114 Interstate System 10931
115 Inventory Costs 53351
116 Inventory in Transit 16336
117 Inventory Management 54488
118 Inventory Planning System 9727
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22192
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42321
121 JIT 2 18365
122 Job Production 27342
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8974
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10073
126 Lean Office 5964
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10815
128 Lee's Notation 8507
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14109
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36964
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9165
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7383
133 Logistics Channel 22798
134 Logistics Costs 26540
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6634
136 Manifest 10460
137 Marks and Numbers 12514
138 Material Planning 34969
139 Materials Management 26268
140 Milk Run 42938
141 Mini Land Bridge 14334
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9446
143 Modal Split 15318
144 Movement of Goods 19360
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31432
146 North West Corner Method 16801
147 Numeric Distribution 14109
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28434
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48257
150 Operational Efficiency 9871
151 Operational Objectives 13274
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18074
153 Operational Sustainability 27795
154 Operations Management 20500
155 Order Cancellation 10728
156 Order Cycle 18364
157 Order Cycle Time 23420
158 Order Fill Rate 33910
159 Order Fulfillment 6418
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10218
161 Parts Standardization 9244
162 PDCA Cycle 7926
163 Peak Load Pricing 13301
164 Perfect Order 13104
165 Physical Distribution 24831
166 Pick List 9772
167 Pipeline inventory 42253
168 Postponement 15215
169 Process Bottleneck 6223
170 Process Checklist Template 6866
171 Process Yield 20067
172 Product ID 15825
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10326
174 Production Capacity 27526
175 Production Orientation 25528
176 Production Planning 36322
177 Production Related Materials 7603
178 Production Scheduling 35768
179 Purchasing 22609
180 Quality Audit 7085
181 Quality Control 35963
182 Quality Standards 56381
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14089
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11875
185 Quick Response 11182
186 Raw Material 25095
187 Return Goods Handling 10348
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11156
189 Root Cause Analysis 9147
190 Routing 6951
 
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