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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 9561
92 External Growth 9764
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9158
94 Field Services 7550
95 Field Warehouse 9623
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8341
97 Fishbone Diagram 14237
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26418
99 Flow Through Distribution 11979
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7861
101 FOB Destination 12601
102 Forward buying 29624
103 Freight Charge 10047
104 Freight Consolidation 7262
105 Gantt Chart 8072
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11335
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29035
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12375
109 Hub 22952
110 Idle Time 7812
111 Import/Export License 8414
112 In Bond Shipment 13526
113 Inbound Logistics 13140
114 Interstate System 10745
115 Inventory Costs 52498
116 Inventory in Transit 16016
117 Inventory Management 53638
118 Inventory Planning System 9530
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21813
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41011
121 JIT 2 18162
122 Job Production 26383
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8691
124 Kanban Squares 6566
125 Laid-Down Cost 9839
126 Lean Office 5754
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8295
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13713
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36067
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8905
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7208
133 Logistics Channel 22482
134 Logistics Costs 26195
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6507
136 Manifest 10167
137 Marks and Numbers 12195
138 Material Planning 34440
139 Materials Management 25958
140 Milk Run 42256
141 Mini Land Bridge 14065
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9109
143 Modal Split 14875
144 Movement of Goods 19042
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30956
146 North West Corner Method 16596
147 Numeric Distribution 13750
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28054
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47725
150 Operational Efficiency 9617
151 Operational Objectives 13050
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17895
153 Operational Sustainability 27378
154 Operations Management 19682
155 Order Cancellation 10331
156 Order Cycle 18108
157 Order Cycle Time 23073
158 Order Fill Rate 33535
159 Order Fulfillment 6240
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9995
161 Parts Standardization 9027
162 PDCA Cycle 7786
163 Peak Load Pricing 13055
164 Perfect Order 12733
165 Physical Distribution 24453
166 Pick List 9546
167 Pipeline inventory 41824
168 Postponement 14951
169 Process Bottleneck 5981
170 Process Checklist Template 6673
171 Process Yield 19803
172 Product ID 15565
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10156
174 Production Capacity 26892
175 Production Orientation 25200
176 Production Planning 35341
177 Production Related Materials 7244
178 Production Scheduling 34852
179 Purchasing 22074
180 Quality Audit 6835
181 Quality Control 34726
182 Quality Standards 55744
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13825
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11652
185 Quick Response 10832
186 Raw Material 24119
187 Return Goods Handling 10153
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10691
189 Root Cause Analysis 8940
190 Routing 6801
 
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