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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 9828
92 External Growth 10072
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9501
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10439
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8755
97 Fishbone Diagram 14603
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27019
99 Flow Through Distribution 12305
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8172
101 FOB Destination 13027
102 Forward buying 30144
103 Freight Charge 10399
104 Freight Consolidation 7528
105 Gantt Chart 8288
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11730
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29578
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12679
109 Hub 23423
110 Idle Time 8067
111 Import/Export License 8716
112 In Bond Shipment 13944
113 Inbound Logistics 13579
114 Interstate System 10999
115 Inventory Costs 53614
116 Inventory in Transit 16521
117 Inventory Management 54781
118 Inventory Planning System 9858
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22289
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42695
121 JIT 2 18437
122 Job Production 27650
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9132
124 Kanban Squares 6829
125 Laid-Down Cost 10183
126 Lean Office 6117
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10857
128 Lee's Notation 8567
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14222
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37264
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9267
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7518
133 Logistics Channel 22902
134 Logistics Costs 26671
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6685
136 Manifest 10529
137 Marks and Numbers 12599
138 Material Planning 35098
139 Materials Management 26368
140 Milk Run 43101
141 Mini Land Bridge 14416
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9559
143 Modal Split 15416
144 Movement of Goods 19476
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31629
146 North West Corner Method 16861
147 Numeric Distribution 14221
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28546
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48435
150 Operational Efficiency 9943
151 Operational Objectives 13354
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18124
153 Operational Sustainability 28001
154 Operations Management 20750
155 Order Cancellation 10819
156 Order Cycle 18445
157 Order Cycle Time 23512
158 Order Fill Rate 34026
159 Order Fulfillment 6471
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10314
161 Parts Standardization 9314
162 PDCA Cycle 8050
163 Peak Load Pricing 13370
164 Perfect Order 13228
165 Physical Distribution 24942
166 Pick List 9843
167 Pipeline inventory 42361
168 Postponement 15292
169 Process Bottleneck 6297
170 Process Checklist Template 6929
171 Process Yield 20225
172 Product ID 15910
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10369
174 Production Capacity 27703
175 Production Orientation 25665
176 Production Planning 36599
177 Production Related Materials 7696
178 Production Scheduling 36047
179 Purchasing 22855
180 Quality Audit 7165
181 Quality Control 36326
182 Quality Standards 56576
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14200
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11948
185 Quick Response 11261
186 Raw Material 25329
187 Return Goods Handling 10422
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11364
189 Root Cause Analysis 9214
190 Routing 7012
 
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