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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 9846
92 External Growth 10106
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9539
94 Field Services 7759
95 Field Warehouse 10559
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8801
97 Fishbone Diagram 14634
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27087
99 Flow Through Distribution 12339
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
101 FOB Destination 13064
102 Forward buying 30222
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7550
105 Gantt Chart 8310
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11758
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29621
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12717
109 Hub 23469
110 Idle Time 8087
111 Import/Export License 8743
112 In Bond Shipment 13995
113 Inbound Logistics 13619
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53734
116 Inventory in Transit 16567
117 Inventory Management 54903
118 Inventory Planning System 9893
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22335
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42870
121 JIT 2 18465
122 Job Production 27789
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9165
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10223
126 Lean Office 6143
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8584
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14276
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37353
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9306
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7546
133 Logistics Channel 22948
134 Logistics Costs 26719
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6705
136 Manifest 10565
137 Marks and Numbers 12639
138 Material Planning 35170
139 Materials Management 26405
140 Milk Run 43159
141 Mini Land Bridge 14443
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9590
143 Modal Split 15461
144 Movement of Goods 19517
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31716
146 North West Corner Method 16887
147 Numeric Distribution 14256
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28590
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48509
150 Operational Efficiency 9969
151 Operational Objectives 13384
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18142
153 Operational Sustainability 28082
154 Operations Management 20873
155 Order Cancellation 10860
156 Order Cycle 18472
157 Order Cycle Time 23549
158 Order Fill Rate 34070
159 Order Fulfillment 6493
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10344
161 Parts Standardization 9344
162 PDCA Cycle 8069
163 Peak Load Pricing 13388
164 Perfect Order 13274
165 Physical Distribution 24992
166 Pick List 9869
167 Pipeline inventory 42417
168 Postponement 15316
169 Process Bottleneck 6320
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
171 Process Yield 20256
172 Product ID 15945
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10388
174 Production Capacity 27771
175 Production Orientation 25705
176 Production Planning 36714
177 Production Related Materials 7725
178 Production Scheduling 36143
179 Purchasing 22941
180 Quality Audit 7197
181 Quality Control 36460
182 Quality Standards 56659
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14244
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11973
185 Quick Response 11298
186 Raw Material 25450
187 Return Goods Handling 10449
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11428
189 Root Cause Analysis 9242
190 Routing 7031
 
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