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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 9627
92 External Growth 9840
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7596
95 Field Warehouse 9707
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8463
97 Fishbone Diagram 14332
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26567
99 Flow Through Distribution 12073
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7947
101 FOB Destination 12709
102 Forward buying 29753
103 Freight Charge 10117
104 Freight Consolidation 7345
105 Gantt Chart 8127
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11463
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29221
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12444
109 Hub 23081
110 Idle Time 7879
111 Import/Export License 8502
112 In Bond Shipment 13639
113 Inbound Logistics 13244
114 Interstate System 10791
115 Inventory Costs 52829
116 Inventory in Transit 16125
117 Inventory Management 53925
118 Inventory Planning System 9602
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21965
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41508
121 JIT 2 18232
122 Job Production 26737
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8792
124 Kanban Squares 6643
125 Laid-Down Cost 9908
126 Lean Office 5824
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10755
128 Lee's Notation 8375
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13862
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36363
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8979
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7290
133 Logistics Channel 22590
134 Logistics Costs 26315
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6551
136 Manifest 10263
137 Marks and Numbers 12278
138 Material Planning 34622
139 Materials Management 26053
140 Milk Run 42511
141 Mini Land Bridge 14159
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9230
143 Modal Split 15023
144 Movement of Goods 19157
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31120
146 North West Corner Method 16665
147 Numeric Distribution 13879
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28176
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47903
150 Operational Efficiency 9718
151 Operational Objectives 13133
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17950
153 Operational Sustainability 27532
154 Operations Management 19968
155 Order Cancellation 10454
156 Order Cycle 18191
157 Order Cycle Time 23225
158 Order Fill Rate 33670
159 Order Fulfillment 6302
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10056
161 Parts Standardization 9095
162 PDCA Cycle 7829
163 Peak Load Pricing 13167
164 Perfect Order 12862
165 Physical Distribution 24597
166 Pick List 9628
167 Pipeline inventory 41987
168 Postponement 15051
169 Process Bottleneck 6070
170 Process Checklist Template 6727
171 Process Yield 19890
172 Product ID 15655
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10212
174 Production Capacity 27173
175 Production Orientation 25293
176 Production Planning 35720
177 Production Related Materials 7339
178 Production Scheduling 35171
179 Purchasing 22275
180 Quality Audit 6936
181 Quality Control 35209
182 Quality Standards 55984
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13928
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11732
185 Quick Response 10959
186 Raw Material 24521
187 Return Goods Handling 10206
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10867
189 Root Cause Analysis 9010
190 Routing 6843
 
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