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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 9638
92 External Growth 9848
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9234
94 Field Services 7601
95 Field Warehouse 9718
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8482
97 Fishbone Diagram 14353
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26591
99 Flow Through Distribution 12082
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7957
101 FOB Destination 12724
102 Forward buying 29780
103 Freight Charge 10128
104 Freight Consolidation 7354
105 Gantt Chart 8133
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11479
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29232
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12455
109 Hub 23101
110 Idle Time 7891
111 Import/Export License 8511
112 In Bond Shipment 13654
113 Inbound Logistics 13258
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52876
116 Inventory in Transit 16140
117 Inventory Management 53962
118 Inventory Planning System 9612
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21985
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41563
121 JIT 2 18249
122 Job Production 26780
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8806
124 Kanban Squares 6655
125 Laid-Down Cost 9920
126 Lean Office 5839
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8388
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13882
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36419
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8988
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7300
133 Logistics Channel 22605
134 Logistics Costs 26336
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6559
136 Manifest 10279
137 Marks and Numbers 12290
138 Material Planning 34655
139 Materials Management 26066
140 Milk Run 42556
141 Mini Land Bridge 14175
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9247
143 Modal Split 15049
144 Movement of Goods 19174
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31147
146 North West Corner Method 16669
147 Numeric Distribution 13891
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28193
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47935
150 Operational Efficiency 9729
151 Operational Objectives 13144
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17959
153 Operational Sustainability 27555
154 Operations Management 20006
155 Order Cancellation 10471
156 Order Cycle 18201
157 Order Cycle Time 23250
158 Order Fill Rate 33692
159 Order Fulfillment 6315
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10063
161 Parts Standardization 9110
162 PDCA Cycle 7835
163 Peak Load Pricing 13171
164 Perfect Order 12878
165 Physical Distribution 24620
166 Pick List 9640
167 Pipeline inventory 42015
168 Postponement 15065
169 Process Bottleneck 6083
170 Process Checklist Template 6733
171 Process Yield 19908
172 Product ID 15669
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10216
174 Production Capacity 27207
175 Production Orientation 25314
176 Production Planning 35768
177 Production Related Materials 7360
178 Production Scheduling 35218
179 Purchasing 22301
180 Quality Audit 6948
181 Quality Control 35275
182 Quality Standards 56014
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13938
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11741
185 Quick Response 10977
186 Raw Material 24577
187 Return Goods Handling 10216
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10884
189 Root Cause Analysis 9018
190 Routing 6852
 
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