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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 9942
92 External Growth 10239
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9669
94 Field Services 7833
95 Field Warehouse 11022
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8988
97 Fishbone Diagram 14770
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27349
99 Flow Through Distribution 12484
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8339
101 FOB Destination 13225
102 Forward buying 30429
103 Freight Charge 10527
104 Freight Consolidation 7632
105 Gantt Chart 8385
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11925
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29774
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12846
109 Hub 23648
110 Idle Time 8189
111 Import/Export License 8853
112 In Bond Shipment 14139
113 Inbound Logistics 13758
114 Interstate System 11138
115 Inventory Costs 54103
116 Inventory in Transit 16743
117 Inventory Management 55290
118 Inventory Planning System 9999
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22518
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43458
121 JIT 2 18577
122 Job Production 28279
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9278
124 Kanban Squares 6978
125 Laid-Down Cost 10390
126 Lean Office 6254
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10923
128 Lee's Notation 8665
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14477
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37675
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9445
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7621
133 Logistics Channel 23081
134 Logistics Costs 26892
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6771
136 Manifest 10704
137 Marks and Numbers 12817
138 Material Planning 35383
139 Materials Management 26568
140 Milk Run 43394
141 Mini Land Bridge 14565
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9743
143 Modal Split 15614
144 Movement of Goods 19715
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31950
146 North West Corner Method 16984
147 Numeric Distribution 14405
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28770
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48831
150 Operational Efficiency 10069
151 Operational Objectives 13497
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18223
153 Operational Sustainability 28304
154 Operations Management 21117
155 Order Cancellation 10994
156 Order Cycle 18592
157 Order Cycle Time 23693
158 Order Fill Rate 34250
159 Order Fulfillment 6585
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10484
161 Parts Standardization 9437
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13482
164 Perfect Order 13438
165 Physical Distribution 25183
166 Pick List 9984
167 Pipeline inventory 42609
168 Postponement 15461
169 Process Bottleneck 6429
170 Process Checklist Template 7025
171 Process Yield 20382
172 Product ID 16076
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10490
174 Production Capacity 28045
175 Production Orientation 25913
176 Production Planning 37119
177 Production Related Materials 7899
178 Production Scheduling 36473
179 Purchasing 23224
180 Quality Audit 7325
181 Quality Control 36939
182 Quality Standards 56938
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14373
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12080
185 Quick Response 11460
186 Raw Material 25804
187 Return Goods Handling 10574
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11663
189 Root Cause Analysis 9347
190 Routing 7110
 
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