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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 9551
92 External Growth 9759
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7545
95 Field Warehouse 9615
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8332
97 Fishbone Diagram 14228
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26404
99 Flow Through Distribution 11975
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7852
101 FOB Destination 12592
102 Forward buying 29615
103 Freight Charge 10043
104 Freight Consolidation 7254
105 Gantt Chart 8067
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11327
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29012
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22945
110 Idle Time 7805
111 Import/Export License 8407
112 In Bond Shipment 13509
113 Inbound Logistics 13127
114 Interstate System 10742
115 Inventory Costs 52472
116 Inventory in Transit 16005
117 Inventory Management 53615
118 Inventory Planning System 9524
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21798
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40965
121 JIT 2 18155
122 Job Production 26360
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8685
124 Kanban Squares 6557
125 Laid-Down Cost 9831
126 Lean Office 5748
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10701
128 Lee's Notation 8288
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13704
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36035
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8902
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7199
133 Logistics Channel 22477
134 Logistics Costs 26182
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6503
136 Manifest 10160
137 Marks and Numbers 12190
138 Material Planning 34423
139 Materials Management 25947
140 Milk Run 42230
141 Mini Land Bridge 14058
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9099
143 Modal Split 14864
144 Movement of Goods 19010
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30946
146 North West Corner Method 16592
147 Numeric Distribution 13742
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28040
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47710
150 Operational Efficiency 9608
151 Operational Objectives 13044
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17890
153 Operational Sustainability 27362
154 Operations Management 19657
155 Order Cancellation 10319
156 Order Cycle 18101
157 Order Cycle Time 23051
158 Order Fill Rate 33526
159 Order Fulfillment 6235
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9985
161 Parts Standardization 9022
162 PDCA Cycle 7785
163 Peak Load Pricing 13046
164 Perfect Order 12719
165 Physical Distribution 24442
166 Pick List 9542
167 Pipeline inventory 41793
168 Postponement 14944
169 Process Bottleneck 5974
170 Process Checklist Template 6668
171 Process Yield 19793
172 Product ID 15559
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10154
174 Production Capacity 26865
175 Production Orientation 25190
176 Production Planning 35307
177 Production Related Materials 7232
178 Production Scheduling 34825
179 Purchasing 22054
180 Quality Audit 6826
181 Quality Control 34680
182 Quality Standards 55722
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13817
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11645
185 Quick Response 10823
186 Raw Material 24091
187 Return Goods Handling 10148
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10672
189 Root Cause Analysis 8935
190 Routing 6800
 
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