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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 9730
92 External Growth 9944
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9319
94 Field Services 7660
95 Field Warehouse 9846
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8612
97 Fishbone Diagram 14476
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26788
99 Flow Through Distribution 12175
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8048
101 FOB Destination 12878
102 Forward buying 29895
103 Freight Charge 10217
104 Freight Consolidation 7431
105 Gantt Chart 8203
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11585
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29375
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12555
109 Hub 23237
110 Idle Time 7962
111 Import/Export License 8601
112 In Bond Shipment 13761
113 Inbound Logistics 13407
114 Interstate System 10885
115 Inventory Costs 53198
116 Inventory in Transit 16281
117 Inventory Management 54331
118 Inventory Planning System 9686
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22121
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42062
121 JIT 2 18324
122 Job Production 27169
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8925
124 Kanban Squares 6740
125 Laid-Down Cost 10024
126 Lean Office 5925
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10793
128 Lee's Notation 8465
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14037
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36793
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9105
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7359
133 Logistics Channel 22740
134 Logistics Costs 26469
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6614
136 Manifest 10405
137 Marks and Numbers 12436
138 Material Planning 34887
139 Materials Management 26211
140 Milk Run 42828
141 Mini Land Bridge 14280
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9378
143 Modal Split 15237
144 Movement of Goods 19298
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31337
146 North West Corner Method 16760
147 Numeric Distribution 14021
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28354
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48151
150 Operational Efficiency 9830
151 Operational Objectives 13234
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18032
153 Operational Sustainability 27704
154 Operations Management 20343
155 Order Cancellation 10658
156 Order Cycle 18313
157 Order Cycle Time 23378
158 Order Fill Rate 33836
159 Order Fulfillment 6381
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10170
161 Parts Standardization 9204
162 PDCA Cycle 7903
163 Peak Load Pricing 13261
164 Perfect Order 13022
165 Physical Distribution 24770
166 Pick List 9727
167 Pipeline inventory 42174
168 Postponement 15156
169 Process Bottleneck 6177
170 Process Checklist Template 6828
171 Process Yield 20019
172 Product ID 15778
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10289
174 Production Capacity 27418
175 Production Orientation 25445
176 Production Planning 36163
177 Production Related Materials 7530
178 Production Scheduling 35568
179 Purchasing 22495
180 Quality Audit 7049
181 Quality Control 35734
182 Quality Standards 56256
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14045
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11831
185 Quick Response 11125
186 Raw Material 24928
187 Return Goods Handling 10308
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11062
189 Root Cause Analysis 9110
190 Routing 6914
 
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