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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 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9542
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10572
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8809
97 Fishbone Diagram 14639
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27100
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
101 FOB Destination 13069
102 Forward buying 30233
103 Freight Charge 10434
104 Freight Consolidation 7551
105 Gantt Chart 8312
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11764
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29625
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12719
109 Hub 23477
110 Idle Time 8092
111 Import/Export License 8748
112 In Bond Shipment 13998
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11032
115 Inventory Costs 53743
116 Inventory in Transit 16568
117 Inventory Management 54913
118 Inventory Planning System 9894
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22341
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42912
121 JIT 2 18470
122 Job Production 27806
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9167
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10227
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10871
128 Lee's Notation 8585
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14279
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37365
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9307
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7547
133 Logistics Channel 22953
134 Logistics Costs 26725
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6708
136 Manifest 10567
137 Marks and Numbers 12645
138 Material Planning 35179
139 Materials Management 26409
140 Milk Run 43165
141 Mini Land Bridge 14445
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9598
143 Modal Split 15465
144 Movement of Goods 19521
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31726
146 North West Corner Method 16890
147 Numeric Distribution 14261
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28597
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48517
150 Operational Efficiency 9971
151 Operational Objectives 13385
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18144
153 Operational Sustainability 28097
154 Operations Management 20884
155 Order Cancellation 10862
156 Order Cycle 18475
157 Order Cycle Time 23552
158 Order Fill Rate 34075
159 Order Fulfillment 6495
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10349
161 Parts Standardization 9345
162 PDCA Cycle 8072
163 Peak Load Pricing 13390
164 Perfect Order 13276
165 Physical Distribution 25000
166 Pick List 9872
167 Pipeline inventory 42424
168 Postponement 15321
169 Process Bottleneck 6321
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
171 Process Yield 20259
172 Product ID 15948
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10391
174 Production Capacity 27779
175 Production Orientation 25711
176 Production Planning 36729
177 Production Related Materials 7728
178 Production Scheduling 36156
179 Purchasing 22948
180 Quality Audit 7200
181 Quality Control 36480
182 Quality Standards 56670
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14246
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11976
185 Quick Response 11301
186 Raw Material 25463
187 Return Goods Handling 10453
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11431
189 Root Cause Analysis 9245
190 Routing 7032
 
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