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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 9771
92 External Growth 10000
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9365
94 Field Services 7699
95 Field Warehouse 10136
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8685
97 Fishbone Diagram 14531
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26885
99 Flow Through Distribution 12242
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8104
101 FOB Destination 12951
102 Forward buying 29974
103 Freight Charge 10262
104 Freight Consolidation 7475
105 Gantt Chart 8237
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11649
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29466
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12613
109 Hub 23319
110 Idle Time 8005
111 Import/Export License 8652
112 In Bond Shipment 13842
113 Inbound Logistics 13486
114 Interstate System 10939
115 Inventory Costs 53375
116 Inventory in Transit 16350
117 Inventory Management 54510
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22207
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42363
121 JIT 2 18376
122 Job Production 27372
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8983
124 Kanban Squares 6779
125 Laid-Down Cost 10086
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10824
128 Lee's Notation 8514
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14119
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37004
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9178
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7393
133 Logistics Channel 22810
134 Logistics Costs 26552
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6640
136 Manifest 10466
137 Marks and Numbers 12528
138 Material Planning 34985
139 Materials Management 26282
140 Milk Run 42954
141 Mini Land Bridge 14347
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9462
143 Modal Split 15330
144 Movement of Goods 19369
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31449
146 North West Corner Method 16807
147 Numeric Distribution 14121
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28444
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48279
150 Operational Efficiency 9881
151 Operational Objectives 13284
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18079
153 Operational Sustainability 27812
154 Operations Management 20518
155 Order Cancellation 10736
156 Order Cycle 18373
157 Order Cycle Time 23430
158 Order Fill Rate 33923
159 Order Fulfillment 6424
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10230
161 Parts Standardization 9253
162 PDCA Cycle 7933
163 Peak Load Pricing 13308
164 Perfect Order 13117
165 Physical Distribution 24841
166 Pick List 9781
167 Pipeline inventory 42265
168 Postponement 15224
169 Process Bottleneck 6232
170 Process Checklist Template 6876
171 Process Yield 20073
172 Product ID 15831
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10330
174 Production Capacity 27549
175 Production Orientation 25543
176 Production Planning 36356
177 Production Related Materials 7612
178 Production Scheduling 35820
179 Purchasing 22623
180 Quality Audit 7098
181 Quality Control 36012
182 Quality Standards 56407
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14106
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11884
185 Quick Response 11192
186 Raw Material 25122
187 Return Goods Handling 10362
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11169
189 Root Cause Analysis 9155
190 Routing 6957
 
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