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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 9824
92 External Growth 10067
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9473
94 Field Services 7740
95 Field Warehouse 10421
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8747
97 Fishbone Diagram 14599
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27007
99 Flow Through Distribution 12302
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8167
101 FOB Destination 13016
102 Forward buying 30116
103 Freight Charge 10373
104 Freight Consolidation 7521
105 Gantt Chart 8282
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11722
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29572
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12672
109 Hub 23409
110 Idle Time 8061
111 Import/Export License 8709
112 In Bond Shipment 13937
113 Inbound Logistics 13570
114 Interstate System 10995
115 Inventory Costs 53595
116 Inventory in Transit 16489
117 Inventory Management 54743
118 Inventory Planning System 9831
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22285
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42660
121 JIT 2 18430
122 Job Production 27634
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9104
124 Kanban Squares 6824
125 Laid-Down Cost 10171
126 Lean Office 6089
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10848
128 Lee's Notation 8564
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14212
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37228
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9259
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7489
133 Logistics Channel 22892
134 Logistics Costs 26655
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6682
136 Manifest 10526
137 Marks and Numbers 12596
138 Material Planning 35085
139 Materials Management 26362
140 Milk Run 43091
141 Mini Land Bridge 14411
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9547
143 Modal Split 15409
144 Movement of Goods 19468
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31617
146 North West Corner Method 16856
147 Numeric Distribution 14215
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28541
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48427
150 Operational Efficiency 9938
151 Operational Objectives 13346
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18119
153 Operational Sustainability 27972
154 Operations Management 20711
155 Order Cancellation 10814
156 Order Cycle 18441
157 Order Cycle Time 23507
158 Order Fill Rate 34017
159 Order Fulfillment 6470
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10308
161 Parts Standardization 9309
162 PDCA Cycle 8023
163 Peak Load Pricing 13365
164 Perfect Order 13220
165 Physical Distribution 24935
166 Pick List 9838
167 Pipeline inventory 42353
168 Postponement 15286
169 Process Bottleneck 6290
170 Process Checklist Template 6926
171 Process Yield 20194
172 Product ID 15904
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10364
174 Production Capacity 27695
175 Production Orientation 25655
176 Production Planning 36574
177 Production Related Materials 7689
178 Production Scheduling 36030
179 Purchasing 22822
180 Quality Audit 7159
181 Quality Control 36295
182 Quality Standards 56558
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14195
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11943
185 Quick Response 11255
186 Raw Material 25310
187 Return Goods Handling 10416
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11334
189 Root Cause Analysis 9208
190 Routing 7006
 
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