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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 9623
92 External Growth 9835
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9221
94 Field Services 7590
95 Field Warehouse 9700
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8455
97 Fishbone Diagram 14320
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26555
99 Flow Through Distribution 12063
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7941
101 FOB Destination 12699
102 Forward buying 29743
103 Freight Charge 10111
104 Freight Consolidation 7339
105 Gantt Chart 8122
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11443
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29208
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12441
109 Hub 23073
110 Idle Time 7875
111 Import/Export License 8496
112 In Bond Shipment 13632
113 Inbound Logistics 13237
114 Interstate System 10787
115 Inventory Costs 52807
116 Inventory in Transit 16118
117 Inventory Management 53906
118 Inventory Planning System 9598
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21952
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41476
121 JIT 2 18225
122 Job Production 26712
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8781
124 Kanban Squares 6636
125 Laid-Down Cost 9904
126 Lean Office 5815
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10748
128 Lee's Notation 8370
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13853
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36350
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8972
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7283
133 Logistics Channel 22582
134 Logistics Costs 26307
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6549
136 Manifest 10254
137 Marks and Numbers 12273
138 Material Planning 34607
139 Materials Management 26044
140 Milk Run 42492
141 Mini Land Bridge 14150
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9218
143 Modal Split 15007
144 Movement of Goods 19148
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31100
146 North West Corner Method 16660
147 Numeric Distribution 13873
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28167
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47887
150 Operational Efficiency 9702
151 Operational Objectives 13128
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17946
153 Operational Sustainability 27526
154 Operations Management 19940
155 Order Cancellation 10443
156 Order Cycle 18184
157 Order Cycle Time 23215
158 Order Fill Rate 33661
159 Order Fulfillment 6298
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10054
161 Parts Standardization 9090
162 PDCA Cycle 7827
163 Peak Load Pricing 13150
164 Perfect Order 12845
165 Physical Distribution 24587
166 Pick List 9624
167 Pipeline inventory 41975
168 Postponement 15044
169 Process Bottleneck 6062
170 Process Checklist Template 6720
171 Process Yield 19885
172 Product ID 15646
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10200
174 Production Capacity 27148
175 Production Orientation 25287
176 Production Planning 35697
177 Production Related Materials 7332
178 Production Scheduling 35145
179 Purchasing 22254
180 Quality Audit 6928
181 Quality Control 35162
182 Quality Standards 55962
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13916
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11725
185 Quick Response 10944
186 Raw Material 24493
187 Return Goods Handling 10203
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10856
189 Root Cause Analysis 9003
190 Routing 6838
 
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