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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 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8455
97 Fishbone Diagram 14323
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26557
99 Flow Through Distribution 12064
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7941
101 FOB Destination 12701
102 Forward buying 29744
103 Freight Charge 10112
104 Freight Consolidation 7341
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29209
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12443
109 Hub 23075
110 Idle Time 7876
111 Import/Export License 8497
112 In Bond Shipment 13634
113 Inbound Logistics 13239
114 Interstate System 10788
115 Inventory Costs 52811
116 Inventory in Transit 16120
117 Inventory Management 53908
118 Inventory Planning System 9599
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21953
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41479
121 JIT 2 18225
122 Job Production 26716
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8782
124 Kanban Squares 6636
125 Laid-Down Cost 9907
126 Lean Office 5816
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10748
128 Lee's Notation 8372
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13853
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36351
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8974
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7283
133 Logistics Channel 22584
134 Logistics Costs 26308
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6550
136 Manifest 10257
137 Marks and Numbers 12273
138 Material Planning 34609
139 Materials Management 26045
140 Milk Run 42495
141 Mini Land Bridge 14152
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9218
143 Modal Split 15008
144 Movement of Goods 19149
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31102
146 North West Corner Method 16660
147 Numeric Distribution 13875
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28169
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47889
150 Operational Efficiency 9703
151 Operational Objectives 13128
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17946
153 Operational Sustainability 27528
154 Operations Management 19945
155 Order Cancellation 10444
156 Order Cycle 18185
157 Order Cycle Time 23217
158 Order Fill Rate 33662
159 Order Fulfillment 6298
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9091
162 PDCA Cycle 7827
163 Peak Load Pricing 13151
164 Perfect Order 12847
165 Physical Distribution 24587
166 Pick List 9624
167 Pipeline inventory 41976
168 Postponement 15045
169 Process Bottleneck 6063
170 Process Checklist Template 6720
171 Process Yield 19887
172 Product ID 15648
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10203
174 Production Capacity 27151
175 Production Orientation 25287
176 Production Planning 35697
177 Production Related Materials 7332
178 Production Scheduling 35149
179 Purchasing 22257
180 Quality Audit 6930
181 Quality Control 35166
182 Quality Standards 55964
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13916
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11728
185 Quick Response 10947
186 Raw Material 24496
187 Return Goods Handling 10204
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10858
189 Root Cause Analysis 9005
190 Routing 6838
 
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