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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 9848
92 External Growth 10114
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9545
94 Field Services 7764
95 Field Warehouse 10588
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8817
97 Fishbone Diagram 14642
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27111
99 Flow Through Distribution 12350
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8205
101 FOB Destination 13081
102 Forward buying 30242
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8316
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11768
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29630
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12725
109 Hub 23483
110 Idle Time 8098
111 Import/Export License 8750
112 In Bond Shipment 14006
113 Inbound Logistics 13625
114 Interstate System 11037
115 Inventory Costs 53762
116 Inventory in Transit 16574
117 Inventory Management 54926
118 Inventory Planning System 9898
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22343
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42943
121 JIT 2 18478
122 Job Production 27821
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9170
124 Kanban Squares 6861
125 Laid-Down Cost 10239
126 Lean Office 6149
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10876
128 Lee's Notation 8591
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14289
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37377
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9316
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7551
133 Logistics Channel 22955
134 Logistics Costs 26730
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6712
136 Manifest 10572
137 Marks and Numbers 12652
138 Material Planning 35188
139 Materials Management 26414
140 Milk Run 43174
141 Mini Land Bridge 14449
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9602
143 Modal Split 15476
144 Movement of Goods 19528
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31738
146 North West Corner Method 16895
147 Numeric Distribution 14270
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28603
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48532
150 Operational Efficiency 9973
151 Operational Objectives 13389
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18150
153 Operational Sustainability 28107
154 Operations Management 20900
155 Order Cancellation 10868
156 Order Cycle 18483
157 Order Cycle Time 23558
158 Order Fill Rate 34087
159 Order Fulfillment 6497
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10356
161 Parts Standardization 9349
162 PDCA Cycle 8078
163 Peak Load Pricing 13396
164 Perfect Order 13289
165 Physical Distribution 25008
166 Pick List 9876
167 Pipeline inventory 42428
168 Postponement 15324
169 Process Bottleneck 6324
170 Process Checklist Template 6952
171 Process Yield 20268
172 Product ID 15952
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10395
174 Production Capacity 27789
175 Production Orientation 25720
176 Production Planning 36746
177 Production Related Materials 7734
178 Production Scheduling 36176
179 Purchasing 22958
180 Quality Audit 7204
181 Quality Control 36506
182 Quality Standards 56680
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14252
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11980
185 Quick Response 11306
186 Raw Material 25483
187 Return Goods Handling 10458
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11440
189 Root Cause Analysis 9251
190 Routing 7034
 
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