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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 9538
92 External Growth 9749
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9148
94 Field Services 7540
95 Field Warehouse 9609
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8324
97 Fishbone Diagram 14214
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26385
99 Flow Through Distribution 11964
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7846
101 FOB Destination 12578
102 Forward buying 29597
103 Freight Charge 10032
104 Freight Consolidation 7244
105 Gantt Chart 8058
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11319
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28994
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12370
109 Hub 22929
110 Idle Time 7793
111 Import/Export License 8398
112 In Bond Shipment 13496
113 Inbound Logistics 13106
114 Interstate System 10736
115 Inventory Costs 52430
116 Inventory in Transit 15992
117 Inventory Management 53591
118 Inventory Planning System 9516
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21783
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40903
121 JIT 2 18142
122 Job Production 26330
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8673
124 Kanban Squares 6549
125 Laid-Down Cost 9824
126 Lean Office 5735
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10696
128 Lee's Notation 8277
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13693
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 35994
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8886
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7189
133 Logistics Channel 22466
134 Logistics Costs 26162
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6499
136 Manifest 10150
137 Marks and Numbers 12181
138 Material Planning 34391
139 Materials Management 25937
140 Milk Run 42198
141 Mini Land Bridge 14050
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9086
143 Modal Split 14851
144 Movement of Goods 18992
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30928
146 North West Corner Method 16585
147 Numeric Distribution 13731
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28034
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47691
150 Operational Efficiency 9598
151 Operational Objectives 13035
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17886
153 Operational Sustainability 27343
154 Operations Management 19622
155 Order Cancellation 10306
156 Order Cycle 18088
157 Order Cycle Time 23039
158 Order Fill Rate 33512
159 Order Fulfillment 6224
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9979
161 Parts Standardization 9013
162 PDCA Cycle 7781
163 Peak Load Pricing 13038
164 Perfect Order 12706
165 Physical Distribution 24423
166 Pick List 9532
167 Pipeline inventory 41773
168 Postponement 14929
169 Process Bottleneck 5967
170 Process Checklist Template 6660
171 Process Yield 19782
172 Product ID 15547
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10149
174 Production Capacity 26844
175 Production Orientation 25181
176 Production Planning 35262
177 Production Related Materials 7221
178 Production Scheduling 34788
179 Purchasing 22036
180 Quality Audit 6816
181 Quality Control 34611
182 Quality Standards 55689
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13805
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11632
185 Quick Response 10807
186 Raw Material 24051
187 Return Goods Handling 10140
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10648
189 Root Cause Analysis 8929
190 Routing 6795
 
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