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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 9703
92 External Growth 9916
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9294
94 Field Services 7646
95 Field Warehouse 9784
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8578
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26741
99 Flow Through Distribution 12152
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8029
101 FOB Destination 12842
102 Forward buying 29859
103 Freight Charge 10194
104 Freight Consolidation 7414
105 Gantt Chart 8188
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11554
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29343
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12531
109 Hub 23203
110 Idle Time 7943
111 Import/Export License 8582
112 In Bond Shipment 13741
113 Inbound Logistics 13370
114 Interstate System 10858
115 Inventory Costs 53125
116 Inventory in Transit 16248
117 Inventory Management 54227
118 Inventory Planning System 9669
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22095
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41932
121 JIT 2 18308
122 Job Production 27061
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8898
124 Kanban Squares 6720
125 Laid-Down Cost 9998
126 Lean Office 5902
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8445
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13995
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36684
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9071
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7342
133 Logistics Channel 22707
134 Logistics Costs 26433
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6597
136 Manifest 10375
137 Marks and Numbers 12389
138 Material Planning 34832
139 Materials Management 26172
140 Milk Run 42764
141 Mini Land Bridge 14256
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9342
143 Modal Split 15185
144 Movement of Goods 19261
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31294
146 North West Corner Method 16738
147 Numeric Distribution 13989
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28312
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48090
150 Operational Efficiency 9802
151 Operational Objectives 13207
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18009
153 Operational Sustainability 27661
154 Operations Management 20248
155 Order Cancellation 10612
156 Order Cycle 18283
157 Order Cycle Time 23343
158 Order Fill Rate 33795
159 Order Fulfillment 6367
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10139
161 Parts Standardization 9179
162 PDCA Cycle 7883
163 Peak Load Pricing 13241
164 Perfect Order 12976
165 Physical Distribution 24737
166 Pick List 9707
167 Pipeline inventory 42141
168 Postponement 15133
169 Process Bottleneck 6147
170 Process Checklist Template 6800
171 Process Yield 19991
172 Product ID 15756
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10270
174 Production Capacity 27373
175 Production Orientation 25408
176 Production Planning 36064
177 Production Related Materials 7477
178 Production Scheduling 35471
179 Purchasing 22445
180 Quality Audit 7028
181 Quality Control 35625
182 Quality Standards 56190
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14016
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11810
185 Quick Response 11093
186 Raw Material 24839
187 Return Goods Handling 10288
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11009
189 Root Cause Analysis 9085
190 Routing 6894
 
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