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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 9830
92 External Growth 10074
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9519
94 Field Services 7742
95 Field Warehouse 10453
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8761
97 Fishbone Diagram 14607
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27033
99 Flow Through Distribution 12309
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8177
101 FOB Destination 13032
102 Forward buying 30163
103 Freight Charge 10410
104 Freight Consolidation 7530
105 Gantt Chart 8289
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11732
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29588
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12683
109 Hub 23429
110 Idle Time 8070
111 Import/Export License 8721
112 In Bond Shipment 13954
113 Inbound Logistics 13582
114 Interstate System 11006
115 Inventory Costs 53626
116 Inventory in Transit 16530
117 Inventory Management 54797
118 Inventory Planning System 9869
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22297
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42713
121 JIT 2 18440
122 Job Production 27673
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9144
124 Kanban Squares 6836
125 Laid-Down Cost 10187
126 Lean Office 6124
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10859
128 Lee's Notation 8570
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14228
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37280
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9272
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7529
133 Logistics Channel 22910
134 Logistics Costs 26681
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6689
136 Manifest 10536
137 Marks and Numbers 12603
138 Material Planning 35103
139 Materials Management 26372
140 Milk Run 43109
141 Mini Land Bridge 14419
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9567
143 Modal Split 15424
144 Movement of Goods 19482
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31640
146 North West Corner Method 16870
147 Numeric Distribution 14228
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28550
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48447
150 Operational Efficiency 9947
151 Operational Objectives 13355
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18125
153 Operational Sustainability 28021
154 Operations Management 20777
155 Order Cancellation 10828
156 Order Cycle 18449
157 Order Cycle Time 23517
158 Order Fill Rate 34033
159 Order Fulfillment 6475
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10318
161 Parts Standardization 9317
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13371
164 Perfect Order 13234
165 Physical Distribution 24947
166 Pick List 9845
167 Pipeline inventory 42366
168 Postponement 15294
169 Process Bottleneck 6302
170 Process Checklist Template 6932
171 Process Yield 20234
172 Product ID 15914
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10370
174 Production Capacity 27714
175 Production Orientation 25672
176 Production Planning 36614
177 Production Related Materials 7700
178 Production Scheduling 36063
179 Purchasing 22870
180 Quality Audit 7170
181 Quality Control 36345
182 Quality Standards 56585
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14209
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11953
185 Quick Response 11271
186 Raw Material 25350
187 Return Goods Handling 10427
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11376
189 Root Cause Analysis 9219
190 Routing 7014
 
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