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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 9563
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9159
94 Field Services 7551
95 Field Warehouse 9625
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8344
97 Fishbone Diagram 14238
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26421
99 Flow Through Distribution 11982
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7863
101 FOB Destination 12604
102 Forward buying 29624
103 Freight Charge 10048
104 Freight Consolidation 7263
105 Gantt Chart 8073
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11338
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29036
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12377
109 Hub 22955
110 Idle Time 7816
111 Import/Export License 8416
112 In Bond Shipment 13530
113 Inbound Logistics 13142
114 Interstate System 10746
115 Inventory Costs 52502
116 Inventory in Transit 16019
117 Inventory Management 53644
118 Inventory Planning System 9531
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21815
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41016
121 JIT 2 18163
122 Job Production 26384
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8694
124 Kanban Squares 6568
125 Laid-Down Cost 9839
126 Lean Office 5755
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10708
128 Lee's Notation 8296
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13720
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36070
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8908
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7210
133 Logistics Channel 22483
134 Logistics Costs 26199
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6507
136 Manifest 10168
137 Marks and Numbers 12196
138 Material Planning 34441
139 Materials Management 25959
140 Milk Run 42260
141 Mini Land Bridge 14066
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9110
143 Modal Split 14878
144 Movement of Goods 19045
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30960
146 North West Corner Method 16599
147 Numeric Distribution 13754
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28056
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47727
150 Operational Efficiency 9619
151 Operational Objectives 13052
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17895
153 Operational Sustainability 27379
154 Operations Management 19686
155 Order Cancellation 10337
156 Order Cycle 18110
157 Order Cycle Time 23076
158 Order Fill Rate 33535
159 Order Fulfillment 6241
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9995
161 Parts Standardization 9027
162 PDCA Cycle 7786
163 Peak Load Pricing 13056
164 Perfect Order 12733
165 Physical Distribution 24455
166 Pick List 9548
167 Pipeline inventory 41825
168 Postponement 14953
169 Process Bottleneck 5983
170 Process Checklist Template 6673
171 Process Yield 19805
172 Product ID 15566
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10158
174 Production Capacity 26895
175 Production Orientation 25201
176 Production Planning 35347
177 Production Related Materials 7247
178 Production Scheduling 34859
179 Purchasing 22079
180 Quality Audit 6836
181 Quality Control 34741
182 Quality Standards 55748
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13828
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11653
185 Quick Response 10834
186 Raw Material 24132
187 Return Goods Handling 10153
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10694
189 Root Cause Analysis 8941
190 Routing 6802
 
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