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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 9855
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9554
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10614
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8829
97 Fishbone Diagram 14651
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27127
99 Flow Through Distribution 12356
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8215
101 FOB Destination 13094
102 Forward buying 30253
103 Freight Charge 10441
104 Freight Consolidation 7565
105 Gantt Chart 8323
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11777
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29644
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12733
109 Hub 23495
110 Idle Time 8103
111 Import/Export License 8760
112 In Bond Shipment 14016
113 Inbound Logistics 13633
114 Interstate System 11043
115 Inventory Costs 53789
116 Inventory in Transit 16580
117 Inventory Management 54947
118 Inventory Planning System 9900
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22351
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42990
121 JIT 2 18486
122 Job Production 27845
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9176
124 Kanban Squares 6869
125 Laid-Down Cost 10248
126 Lean Office 6155
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10879
128 Lee's Notation 8599
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14304
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37395
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9326
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7557
133 Logistics Channel 22961
134 Logistics Costs 26738
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6713
136 Manifest 10578
137 Marks and Numbers 12667
138 Material Planning 35205
139 Materials Management 26425
140 Milk Run 43188
141 Mini Land Bridge 14457
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9612
143 Modal Split 15484
144 Movement of Goods 19539
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31753
146 North West Corner Method 16900
147 Numeric Distribution 14280
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28612
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48547
150 Operational Efficiency 9978
151 Operational Objectives 13400
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18158
153 Operational Sustainability 28123
154 Operations Management 20910
155 Order Cancellation 10878
156 Order Cycle 18491
157 Order Cycle Time 23563
158 Order Fill Rate 34099
159 Order Fulfillment 6503
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10363
161 Parts Standardization 9355
162 PDCA Cycle 8084
163 Peak Load Pricing 13402
164 Perfect Order 13301
165 Physical Distribution 25017
166 Pick List 9881
167 Pipeline inventory 42440
168 Postponement 15331
169 Process Bottleneck 6331
170 Process Checklist Template 6961
171 Process Yield 20276
172 Product ID 15961
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10402
174 Production Capacity 27805
175 Production Orientation 25733
176 Production Planning 36772
177 Production Related Materials 7740
178 Production Scheduling 36194
179 Purchasing 22974
180 Quality Audit 7214
181 Quality Control 36542
182 Quality Standards 56700
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14258
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11988
185 Quick Response 11315
186 Raw Material 25514
187 Return Goods Handling 10463
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11457
189 Root Cause Analysis 9257
190 Routing 7044
 
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