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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 9918
92 External Growth 10196
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9621
94 Field Services 7808
95 Field Warehouse 10874
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8926
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27269
99 Flow Through Distribution 12435
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8293
101 FOB Destination 13170
102 Forward buying 30367
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8359
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11867
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29723
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23587
110 Idle Time 8157
111 Import/Export License 8821
112 In Bond Shipment 14091
113 Inbound Logistics 13712
114 Interstate System 11108
115 Inventory Costs 54004
116 Inventory in Transit 16682
117 Inventory Management 55155
118 Inventory Planning System 9962
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22459
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43263
121 JIT 2 18545
122 Job Production 28117
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9245
124 Kanban Squares 6946
125 Laid-Down Cost 10339
126 Lean Office 6221
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10909
128 Lee's Notation 8641
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14417
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37568
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9405
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7600
133 Logistics Channel 23042
134 Logistics Costs 26843
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6751
136 Manifest 10666
137 Marks and Numbers 12771
138 Material Planning 35318
139 Materials Management 26520
140 Milk Run 43325
141 Mini Land Bridge 14536
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9703
143 Modal Split 15569
144 Movement of Goods 19631
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31885
146 North West Corner Method 16952
147 Numeric Distribution 14363
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28717
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48748
150 Operational Efficiency 10039
151 Operational Objectives 13469
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18198
153 Operational Sustainability 28242
154 Operations Management 21046
155 Order Cancellation 10951
156 Order Cycle 18557
157 Order Cycle Time 23647
158 Order Fill Rate 34190
159 Order Fulfillment 6560
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10446
161 Parts Standardization 9411
162 PDCA Cycle 8123
163 Peak Load Pricing 13458
164 Perfect Order 13392
165 Physical Distribution 25127
166 Pick List 9949
167 Pipeline inventory 42544
168 Postponement 15403
169 Process Bottleneck 6397
170 Process Checklist Template 7005
171 Process Yield 20349
172 Product ID 16039
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10450
174 Production Capacity 27958
175 Production Orientation 25849
176 Production Planning 36998
177 Production Related Materials 7851
178 Production Scheduling 36377
179 Purchasing 23132
180 Quality Audit 7278
181 Quality Control 36771
182 Quality Standards 56857
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14323
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12049
185 Quick Response 11411
186 Raw Material 25711
187 Return Goods Handling 10538
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11588
189 Root Cause Analysis 9314
190 Routing 7086
 
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