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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 9757
92 External Growth 9978
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9347
94 Field Services 7686
95 Field Warehouse 10015
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8657
97 Fishbone Diagram 14511
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26850
99 Flow Through Distribution 12217
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29949
103 Freight Charge 10247
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11625
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29437
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12595
109 Hub 23290
110 Idle Time 7989
111 Import/Export License 8636
112 In Bond Shipment 13813
113 Inbound Logistics 13458
114 Interstate System 10919
115 Inventory Costs 53322
116 Inventory in Transit 16321
117 Inventory Management 54450
118 Inventory Planning System 9716
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22172
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42263
121 JIT 2 18361
122 Job Production 27315
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8963
124 Kanban Squares 6764
125 Laid-Down Cost 10060
126 Lean Office 5954
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8501
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14089
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36927
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9155
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7378
133 Logistics Channel 22782
134 Logistics Costs 26524
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6629
136 Manifest 10447
137 Marks and Numbers 12499
138 Material Planning 34944
139 Materials Management 26251
140 Milk Run 42910
141 Mini Land Bridge 14324
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9431
143 Modal Split 15302
144 Movement of Goods 19347
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31415
146 North West Corner Method 16790
147 Numeric Distribution 14091
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28419
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48229
150 Operational Efficiency 9860
151 Operational Objectives 13268
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18066
153 Operational Sustainability 27770
154 Operations Management 20471
155 Order Cancellation 10713
156 Order Cycle 18354
157 Order Cycle Time 23411
158 Order Fill Rate 33892
159 Order Fulfillment 6407
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10207
161 Parts Standardization 9234
162 PDCA Cycle 7924
163 Peak Load Pricing 13295
164 Perfect Order 13086
165 Physical Distribution 24816
166 Pick List 9764
167 Pipeline inventory 42232
168 Postponement 15206
169 Process Bottleneck 6215
170 Process Checklist Template 6858
171 Process Yield 20057
172 Product ID 15813
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10315
174 Production Capacity 27498
175 Production Orientation 25508
176 Production Planning 36279
177 Production Related Materials 7594
178 Production Scheduling 35720
179 Purchasing 22579
180 Quality Audit 7076
181 Quality Control 35913
182 Quality Standards 56353
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14081
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11866
185 Quick Response 11173
186 Raw Material 25053
187 Return Goods Handling 10338
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11136
189 Root Cause Analysis 9141
190 Routing 6945
 
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