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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 9541
92 External Growth 9753
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9150
94 Field Services 7542
95 Field Warehouse 9610
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8325
97 Fishbone Diagram 14219
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26390
99 Flow Through Distribution 11966
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7848
101 FOB Destination 12581
102 Forward buying 29601
103 Freight Charge 10036
104 Freight Consolidation 7246
105 Gantt Chart 8060
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11321
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28999
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12370
109 Hub 22933
110 Idle Time 7796
111 Import/Export License 8402
112 In Bond Shipment 13501
113 Inbound Logistics 13111
114 Interstate System 10738
115 Inventory Costs 52440
116 Inventory in Transit 15995
117 Inventory Management 53603
118 Inventory Planning System 9516
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21787
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40925
121 JIT 2 18146
122 Job Production 26340
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8676
124 Kanban Squares 6552
125 Laid-Down Cost 9828
126 Lean Office 5738
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10698
128 Lee's Notation 8280
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13696
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36007
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8892
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7193
133 Logistics Channel 22468
134 Logistics Costs 26169
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6501
136 Manifest 10155
137 Marks and Numbers 12183
138 Material Planning 34399
139 Materials Management 25940
140 Milk Run 42206
141 Mini Land Bridge 14055
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9089
143 Modal Split 14855
144 Movement of Goods 18997
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30932
146 North West Corner Method 16586
147 Numeric Distribution 13734
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28037
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47698
150 Operational Efficiency 9602
151 Operational Objectives 13037
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17887
153 Operational Sustainability 27349
154 Operations Management 19633
155 Order Cancellation 10310
156 Order Cycle 18091
157 Order Cycle Time 23042
158 Order Fill Rate 33517
159 Order Fulfillment 6227
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9981
161 Parts Standardization 9013
162 PDCA Cycle 7784
163 Peak Load Pricing 13041
164 Perfect Order 12713
165 Physical Distribution 24427
166 Pick List 9535
167 Pipeline inventory 41778
168 Postponement 14933
169 Process Bottleneck 5969
170 Process Checklist Template 6662
171 Process Yield 19784
172 Product ID 15551
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10151
174 Production Capacity 26846
175 Production Orientation 25182
176 Production Planning 35278
177 Production Related Materials 7225
178 Production Scheduling 34800
179 Purchasing 22040
180 Quality Audit 6818
181 Quality Control 34633
182 Quality Standards 55700
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13808
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11637
185 Quick Response 10810
186 Raw Material 24064
187 Return Goods Handling 10140
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10656
189 Root Cause Analysis 8933
190 Routing 6796
 
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