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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 9862
92 External Growth 10129
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9564
94 Field Services 7772
95 Field Warehouse 10638
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8842
97 Fishbone Diagram 14661
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27146
99 Flow Through Distribution 12363
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8224
101 FOB Destination 13108
102 Forward buying 30265
103 Freight Charge 10451
104 Freight Consolidation 7572
105 Gantt Chart 8328
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11786
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29653
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12740
109 Hub 23508
110 Idle Time 8108
111 Import/Export License 8769
112 In Bond Shipment 14024
113 Inbound Logistics 13643
114 Interstate System 11053
115 Inventory Costs 53820
116 Inventory in Transit 16590
117 Inventory Management 54967
118 Inventory Planning System 9909
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22362
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43033
121 JIT 2 18491
122 Job Production 27874
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9183
124 Kanban Squares 6877
125 Laid-Down Cost 10260
126 Lean Office 6161
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10885
128 Lee's Notation 8606
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14318
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37413
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9337
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7561
133 Logistics Channel 22971
134 Logistics Costs 26746
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6716
136 Manifest 10589
137 Marks and Numbers 12679
138 Material Planning 35213
139 Materials Management 26436
140 Milk Run 43203
141 Mini Land Bridge 14466
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9623
143 Modal Split 15492
144 Movement of Goods 19549
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31772
146 North West Corner Method 16906
147 Numeric Distribution 14288
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28625
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48575
150 Operational Efficiency 9986
151 Operational Objectives 13408
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18160
153 Operational Sustainability 28142
154 Operations Management 20930
155 Order Cancellation 10886
156 Order Cycle 18499
157 Order Cycle Time 23578
158 Order Fill Rate 34107
159 Order Fulfillment 6509
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10373
161 Parts Standardization 9362
162 PDCA Cycle 8085
163 Peak Load Pricing 13405
164 Perfect Order 13308
165 Physical Distribution 25031
166 Pick List 9891
167 Pipeline inventory 42454
168 Postponement 15342
169 Process Bottleneck 6340
170 Process Checklist Template 6964
171 Process Yield 20281
172 Product ID 15972
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10409
174 Production Capacity 27827
175 Production Orientation 25744
176 Production Planning 36797
177 Production Related Materials 7749
178 Production Scheduling 36221
179 Purchasing 22992
180 Quality Audit 7220
181 Quality Control 36564
182 Quality Standards 56716
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14262
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11995
185 Quick Response 11326
186 Raw Material 25542
187 Return Goods Handling 10471
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11473
189 Root Cause Analysis 9263
190 Routing 7047
 
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