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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 9859
92 External Growth 10127
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9558
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10627
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8837
97 Fishbone Diagram 14658
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27136
99 Flow Through Distribution 12359
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8220
101 FOB Destination 13099
102 Forward buying 30260
103 Freight Charge 10445
104 Freight Consolidation 7569
105 Gantt Chart 8325
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11783
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29650
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12736
109 Hub 23501
110 Idle Time 8106
111 Import/Export License 8763
112 In Bond Shipment 14022
113 Inbound Logistics 13638
114 Interstate System 11049
115 Inventory Costs 53801
116 Inventory in Transit 16586
117 Inventory Management 54956
118 Inventory Planning System 9905
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22358
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43016
121 JIT 2 18489
122 Job Production 27861
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9178
124 Kanban Squares 6874
125 Laid-Down Cost 10255
126 Lean Office 6159
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10884
128 Lee's Notation 8604
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14312
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37406
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9330
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7559
133 Logistics Channel 22968
134 Logistics Costs 26741
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6715
136 Manifest 10584
137 Marks and Numbers 12673
138 Material Planning 35209
139 Materials Management 26432
140 Milk Run 43196
141 Mini Land Bridge 14461
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9617
143 Modal Split 15491
144 Movement of Goods 19543
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31765
146 North West Corner Method 16904
147 Numeric Distribution 14284
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28615
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48567
150 Operational Efficiency 9981
151 Operational Objectives 13404
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18158
153 Operational Sustainability 28135
154 Operations Management 20920
155 Order Cancellation 10883
156 Order Cycle 18494
157 Order Cycle Time 23570
158 Order Fill Rate 34101
159 Order Fulfillment 6507
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10369
161 Parts Standardization 9358
162 PDCA Cycle 8085
163 Peak Load Pricing 13404
164 Perfect Order 13304
165 Physical Distribution 25026
166 Pick List 9887
167 Pipeline inventory 42446
168 Postponement 15335
169 Process Bottleneck 6336
170 Process Checklist Template 6963
171 Process Yield 20280
172 Product ID 15968
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10408
174 Production Capacity 27814
175 Production Orientation 25740
176 Production Planning 36784
177 Production Related Materials 7745
178 Production Scheduling 36208
179 Purchasing 22985
180 Quality Audit 7217
181 Quality Control 36552
182 Quality Standards 56709
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14261
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11992
185 Quick Response 11323
186 Raw Material 25528
187 Return Goods Handling 10468
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11470
189 Root Cause Analysis 9260
190 Routing 7046
 
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