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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 9722
92 External Growth 9931
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9308
94 Field Services 7653
95 Field Warehouse 9812
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8597
97 Fishbone Diagram 14460
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26766
99 Flow Through Distribution 12165
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8040
101 FOB Destination 12864
102 Forward buying 29881
103 Freight Charge 10206
104 Freight Consolidation 7419
105 Gantt Chart 8197
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11571
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29364
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12542
109 Hub 23222
110 Idle Time 7956
111 Import/Export License 8589
112 In Bond Shipment 13753
113 Inbound Logistics 13391
114 Interstate System 10875
115 Inventory Costs 53167
116 Inventory in Transit 16269
117 Inventory Management 54289
118 Inventory Planning System 9681
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22108
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42011
121 JIT 2 18317
122 Job Production 27125
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8914
124 Kanban Squares 6734
125 Laid-Down Cost 10009
126 Lean Office 5917
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10789
128 Lee's Notation 8458
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14017
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36743
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9090
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7351
133 Logistics Channel 22728
134 Logistics Costs 26455
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6604
136 Manifest 10391
137 Marks and Numbers 12422
138 Material Planning 34867
139 Materials Management 26197
140 Milk Run 42797
141 Mini Land Bridge 14268
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9365
143 Modal Split 15213
144 Movement of Goods 19278
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31317
146 North West Corner Method 16748
147 Numeric Distribution 14005
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28336
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48125
150 Operational Efficiency 9821
151 Operational Objectives 13223
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18021
153 Operational Sustainability 27685
154 Operations Management 20303
155 Order Cancellation 10634
156 Order Cycle 18302
157 Order Cycle Time 23362
158 Order Fill Rate 33822
159 Order Fulfillment 6377
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10155
161 Parts Standardization 9192
162 PDCA Cycle 7894
163 Peak Load Pricing 13251
164 Perfect Order 12997
165 Physical Distribution 24756
166 Pick List 9718
167 Pipeline inventory 42167
168 Postponement 15146
169 Process Bottleneck 6165
170 Process Checklist Template 6819
171 Process Yield 20007
172 Product ID 15769
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10280
174 Production Capacity 27398
175 Production Orientation 25428
176 Production Planning 36116
177 Production Related Materials 7514
178 Production Scheduling 35526
179 Purchasing 22470
180 Quality Audit 7040
181 Quality Control 35690
182 Quality Standards 56228
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14034
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11824
185 Quick Response 11118
186 Raw Material 24891
187 Return Goods Handling 10300
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11035
189 Root Cause Analysis 9099
190 Routing 6906
 
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