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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 9939
92 External Growth 10234
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9661
94 Field Services 7830
95 Field Warehouse 10996
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8979
97 Fishbone Diagram 14764
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27337
99 Flow Through Distribution 12477
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8329
101 FOB Destination 13220
102 Forward buying 30415
103 Freight Charge 10525
104 Freight Consolidation 7631
105 Gantt Chart 8381
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11913
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29768
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12837
109 Hub 23636
110 Idle Time 8184
111 Import/Export License 8851
112 In Bond Shipment 14129
113 Inbound Logistics 13754
114 Interstate System 11135
115 Inventory Costs 54093
116 Inventory in Transit 16737
117 Inventory Management 55270
118 Inventory Planning System 9995
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22512
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43425
121 JIT 2 18572
122 Job Production 28256
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9274
124 Kanban Squares 6973
125 Laid-Down Cost 10379
126 Lean Office 6252
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10922
128 Lee's Notation 8661
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14465
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37665
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9442
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7620
133 Logistics Channel 23074
134 Logistics Costs 26881
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6765
136 Manifest 10700
137 Marks and Numbers 12810
138 Material Planning 35377
139 Materials Management 26562
140 Milk Run 43385
141 Mini Land Bridge 14562
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9738
143 Modal Split 15610
144 Movement of Goods 19709
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31942
146 North West Corner Method 16982
147 Numeric Distribution 14399
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28766
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48820
150 Operational Efficiency 10062
151 Operational Objectives 13493
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18220
153 Operational Sustainability 28296
154 Operations Management 21109
155 Order Cancellation 10988
156 Order Cycle 18588
157 Order Cycle Time 23687
158 Order Fill Rate 34236
159 Order Fulfillment 6579
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10481
161 Parts Standardization 9435
162 PDCA Cycle 8139
163 Peak Load Pricing 13480
164 Perfect Order 13433
165 Physical Distribution 25177
166 Pick List 9980
167 Pipeline inventory 42606
168 Postponement 15455
169 Process Bottleneck 6423
170 Process Checklist Template 7024
171 Process Yield 20378
172 Product ID 16069
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10488
174 Production Capacity 28035
175 Production Orientation 25905
176 Production Planning 37100
177 Production Related Materials 7897
178 Production Scheduling 36458
179 Purchasing 23209
180 Quality Audit 7321
181 Quality Control 36922
182 Quality Standards 56930
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14366
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12075
185 Quick Response 11450
186 Raw Material 25795
187 Return Goods Handling 10570
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11653
189 Root Cause Analysis 9343
190 Routing 7108
 
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