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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 9672
92 External Growth 9879
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9265
94 Field Services 7625
95 Field Warehouse 9748
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8536
97 Fishbone Diagram 14406
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26669
99 Flow Through Distribution 12120
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7994
101 FOB Destination 12793
102 Forward buying 29826
103 Freight Charge 10158
104 Freight Consolidation 7384
105 Gantt Chart 8164
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11516
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29287
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12492
109 Hub 23156
110 Idle Time 7919
111 Import/Export License 8550
112 In Bond Shipment 13706
113 Inbound Logistics 13315
114 Interstate System 10827
115 Inventory Costs 53015
116 Inventory in Transit 16197
117 Inventory Management 54100
118 Inventory Planning System 9641
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22044
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41755
121 JIT 2 18277
122 Job Production 26929
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8855
124 Kanban Squares 6690
125 Laid-Down Cost 9954
126 Lean Office 5873
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10770
128 Lee's Notation 8417
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13937
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36556
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9023
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7323
133 Logistics Channel 22653
134 Logistics Costs 26393
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6580
136 Manifest 10335
137 Marks and Numbers 12339
138 Material Planning 34749
139 Materials Management 26119
140 Milk Run 42681
141 Mini Land Bridge 14220
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9301
143 Modal Split 15116
144 Movement of Goods 19217
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31221
146 North West Corner Method 16707
147 Numeric Distribution 13949
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28260
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48020
150 Operational Efficiency 9770
151 Operational Objectives 13176
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17985
153 Operational Sustainability 27613
154 Operations Management 20140
155 Order Cancellation 10553
156 Order Cycle 18244
157 Order Cycle Time 23307
158 Order Fill Rate 33753
159 Order Fulfillment 6343
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10100
161 Parts Standardization 9147
162 PDCA Cycle 7859
163 Peak Load Pricing 13200
164 Perfect Order 12928
165 Physical Distribution 24681
166 Pick List 9680
167 Pipeline inventory 42083
168 Postponement 15101
169 Process Bottleneck 6116
170 Process Checklist Template 6762
171 Process Yield 19949
172 Product ID 15719
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10247
174 Production Capacity 27302
175 Production Orientation 25364
176 Production Planning 35935
177 Production Related Materials 7411
178 Production Scheduling 35357
179 Purchasing 22378
180 Quality Audit 6994
181 Quality Control 35470
182 Quality Standards 56112
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13972
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11786
185 Quick Response 11040
186 Raw Material 24711
187 Return Goods Handling 10262
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10955
189 Root Cause Analysis 9053
190 Routing 6868
 
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