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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 9758
92 External Growth 9982
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9351
94 Field Services 7691
95 Field Warehouse 10038
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8662
97 Fishbone Diagram 14514
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26858
99 Flow Through Distribution 12226
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8087
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29952
103 Freight Charge 10248
104 Freight Consolidation 7459
105 Gantt Chart 8225
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11630
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29443
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12596
109 Hub 23295
110 Idle Time 7990
111 Import/Export License 8637
112 In Bond Shipment 13817
113 Inbound Logistics 13465
114 Interstate System 10924
115 Inventory Costs 53329
116 Inventory in Transit 16324
117 Inventory Management 54462
118 Inventory Planning System 9718
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22179
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42282
121 JIT 2 18362
122 Job Production 27326
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8968
124 Kanban Squares 6764
125 Laid-Down Cost 10063
126 Lean Office 5958
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10812
128 Lee's Notation 8501
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14094
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36937
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9156
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7378
133 Logistics Channel 22785
134 Logistics Costs 26527
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6629
136 Manifest 10450
137 Marks and Numbers 12502
138 Material Planning 34950
139 Materials Management 26255
140 Milk Run 42919
141 Mini Land Bridge 14327
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9432
143 Modal Split 15306
144 Movement of Goods 19352
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31421
146 North West Corner Method 16793
147 Numeric Distribution 14097
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28425
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48236
150 Operational Efficiency 9864
151 Operational Objectives 13268
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18069
153 Operational Sustainability 27779
154 Operations Management 20478
155 Order Cancellation 10717
156 Order Cycle 18356
157 Order Cycle Time 23417
158 Order Fill Rate 33896
159 Order Fulfillment 6408
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10211
161 Parts Standardization 9236
162 PDCA Cycle 7924
163 Peak Load Pricing 13295
164 Perfect Order 13092
165 Physical Distribution 24818
166 Pick List 9766
167 Pipeline inventory 42240
168 Postponement 15208
169 Process Bottleneck 6217
170 Process Checklist Template 6860
171 Process Yield 20060
172 Product ID 15815
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10319
174 Production Capacity 27510
175 Production Orientation 25516
176 Production Planning 36297
177 Production Related Materials 7595
178 Production Scheduling 35731
179 Purchasing 22589
180 Quality Audit 7078
181 Quality Control 35925
182 Quality Standards 56361
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14084
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11868
185 Quick Response 11175
186 Raw Material 25064
187 Return Goods Handling 10342
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11141
189 Root Cause Analysis 9141
190 Routing 6947
 
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