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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 9816
92 External Growth 10059
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9436
94 Field Services 7732
95 Field Warehouse 10394
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8740
97 Fishbone Diagram 14586
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26995
99 Flow Through Distribution 12294
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8162
101 FOB Destination 13005
102 Forward buying 30073
103 Freight Charge 10334
104 Freight Consolidation 7514
105 Gantt Chart 8278
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11715
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29561
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12665
109 Hub 23397
110 Idle Time 8056
111 Import/Export License 8700
112 In Bond Shipment 13928
113 Inbound Logistics 13562
114 Interstate System 10988
115 Inventory Costs 53565
116 Inventory in Transit 16451
117 Inventory Management 54689
118 Inventory Planning System 9794
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22271
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42616
121 JIT 2 18421
122 Job Production 27597
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9066
124 Kanban Squares 6817
125 Laid-Down Cost 10157
126 Lean Office 6049
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8553
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14202
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37183
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9245
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7450
133 Logistics Channel 22878
134 Logistics Costs 26642
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6679
136 Manifest 10516
137 Marks and Numbers 12586
138 Material Planning 35070
139 Materials Management 26349
140 Milk Run 43075
141 Mini Land Bridge 14405
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9533
143 Modal Split 15396
144 Movement of Goods 19457
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31597
146 North West Corner Method 16849
147 Numeric Distribution 14203
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28527
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48400
150 Operational Efficiency 9928
151 Operational Objectives 13338
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18112
153 Operational Sustainability 27931
154 Operations Management 20657
155 Order Cancellation 10805
156 Order Cycle 18432
157 Order Cycle Time 23493
158 Order Fill Rate 34001
159 Order Fulfillment 6464
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10298
161 Parts Standardization 9301
162 PDCA Cycle 7987
163 Peak Load Pricing 13356
164 Perfect Order 13206
165 Physical Distribution 24915
166 Pick List 9830
167 Pipeline inventory 42345
168 Postponement 15278
169 Process Bottleneck 6280
170 Process Checklist Template 6919
171 Process Yield 20149
172 Product ID 15889
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10357
174 Production Capacity 27676
175 Production Orientation 25639
176 Production Planning 36544
177 Production Related Materials 7681
178 Production Scheduling 36005
179 Purchasing 22777
180 Quality Audit 7152
181 Quality Control 36257
182 Quality Standards 56537
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14183
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11933
185 Quick Response 11245
186 Raw Material 25272
187 Return Goods Handling 10409
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11293
189 Root Cause Analysis 9200
190 Routing 6999
 
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