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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 9834
92 External Growth 10078
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9525
94 Field Services 7743
95 Field Warehouse 10467
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8768
97 Fishbone Diagram 14611
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27041
99 Flow Through Distribution 12312
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8183
101 FOB Destination 13034
102 Forward buying 30169
103 Freight Charge 10412
104 Freight Consolidation 7533
105 Gantt Chart 8290
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11737
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29593
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12684
109 Hub 23436
110 Idle Time 8071
111 Import/Export License 8724
112 In Bond Shipment 13960
113 Inbound Logistics 13587
114 Interstate System 11009
115 Inventory Costs 53640
116 Inventory in Transit 16535
117 Inventory Management 54810
118 Inventory Planning System 9874
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22306
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42737
121 JIT 2 18444
122 Job Production 27686
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9150
124 Kanban Squares 6840
125 Laid-Down Cost 10190
126 Lean Office 6128
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8572
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14235
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37287
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9275
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22918
134 Logistics Costs 26689
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6693
136 Manifest 10540
137 Marks and Numbers 12606
138 Material Planning 35109
139 Materials Management 26378
140 Milk Run 43117
141 Mini Land Bridge 14423
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9569
143 Modal Split 15428
144 Movement of Goods 19486
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31654
146 North West Corner Method 16873
147 Numeric Distribution 14234
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28555
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48453
150 Operational Efficiency 9948
151 Operational Objectives 13356
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18126
153 Operational Sustainability 28026
154 Operations Management 20790
155 Order Cancellation 10830
156 Order Cycle 18450
157 Order Cycle Time 23521
158 Order Fill Rate 34038
159 Order Fulfillment 6476
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10322
161 Parts Standardization 9321
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13374
164 Perfect Order 13239
165 Physical Distribution 24949
166 Pick List 9846
167 Pipeline inventory 42375
168 Postponement 15296
169 Process Bottleneck 6304
170 Process Checklist Template 6933
171 Process Yield 20235
172 Product ID 15919
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10370
174 Production Capacity 27722
175 Production Orientation 25677
176 Production Planning 36626
177 Production Related Materials 7702
178 Production Scheduling 36072
179 Purchasing 22879
180 Quality Audit 7175
181 Quality Control 36362
182 Quality Standards 56598
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14215
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11957
185 Quick Response 11275
186 Raw Material 25364
187 Return Goods Handling 10429
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11388
189 Root Cause Analysis 9221
190 Routing 7015
 
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