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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 9836
92 External Growth 10083
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9528
94 Field Services 7747
95 Field Warehouse 10487
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8774
97 Fishbone Diagram 14617
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27048
99 Flow Through Distribution 12317
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8186
101 FOB Destination 13039
102 Forward buying 30176
103 Freight Charge 10418
104 Freight Consolidation 7538
105 Gantt Chart 8293
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11740
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29597
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12693
109 Hub 23443
110 Idle Time 8075
111 Import/Export License 8730
112 In Bond Shipment 13966
113 Inbound Logistics 13593
114 Interstate System 11014
115 Inventory Costs 53660
116 Inventory in Transit 16541
117 Inventory Management 54828
118 Inventory Planning System 9879
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22313
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42759
121 JIT 2 18449
122 Job Production 27710
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9154
124 Kanban Squares 6844
125 Laid-Down Cost 10201
126 Lean Office 6131
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10863
128 Lee's Notation 8575
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14245
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37302
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9281
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7536
133 Logistics Channel 22924
134 Logistics Costs 26697
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6695
136 Manifest 10545
137 Marks and Numbers 12616
138 Material Planning 35116
139 Materials Management 26385
140 Milk Run 43128
141 Mini Land Bridge 14426
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9573
143 Modal Split 15437
144 Movement of Goods 19497
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31666
146 North West Corner Method 16877
147 Numeric Distribution 14240
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28566
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48470
150 Operational Efficiency 9953
151 Operational Objectives 13361
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18129
153 Operational Sustainability 28040
154 Operations Management 20807
155 Order Cancellation 10836
156 Order Cycle 18455
157 Order Cycle Time 23528
158 Order Fill Rate 34043
159 Order Fulfillment 6481
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10329
161 Parts Standardization 9327
162 PDCA Cycle 8061
163 Peak Load Pricing 13377
164 Perfect Order 13244
165 Physical Distribution 24954
166 Pick List 9852
167 Pipeline inventory 42379
168 Postponement 15300
169 Process Bottleneck 6308
170 Process Checklist Template 6938
171 Process Yield 20242
172 Product ID 15924
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10374
174 Production Capacity 27733
175 Production Orientation 25683
176 Production Planning 36645
177 Production Related Materials 7706
178 Production Scheduling 36083
179 Purchasing 22891
180 Quality Audit 7180
181 Quality Control 36381
182 Quality Standards 56610
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14225
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11961
185 Quick Response 11280
186 Raw Material 25379
187 Return Goods Handling 10432
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11397
189 Root Cause Analysis 9224
190 Routing 7017
 
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