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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 9713
92 External Growth 9922
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9300
94 Field Services 7649
95 Field Warehouse 9792
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8583
97 Fishbone Diagram 14451
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26747
99 Flow Through Distribution 12156
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8033
101 FOB Destination 12849
102 Forward buying 29865
103 Freight Charge 10199
104 Freight Consolidation 7416
105 Gantt Chart 8190
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11560
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29351
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12536
109 Hub 23209
110 Idle Time 7947
111 Import/Export License 8585
112 In Bond Shipment 13745
113 Inbound Logistics 13379
114 Interstate System 10864
115 Inventory Costs 53144
116 Inventory in Transit 16254
117 Inventory Management 54245
118 Inventory Planning System 9672
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22097
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41957
121 JIT 2 18310
122 Job Production 27079
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8902
124 Kanban Squares 6723
125 Laid-Down Cost 10005
126 Lean Office 5904
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10784
128 Lee's Notation 8451
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14004
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36700
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9079
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7345
133 Logistics Channel 22714
134 Logistics Costs 26437
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6600
136 Manifest 10383
137 Marks and Numbers 12406
138 Material Planning 34836
139 Materials Management 26181
140 Milk Run 42774
141 Mini Land Bridge 14257
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9347
143 Modal Split 15193
144 Movement of Goods 19266
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31302
146 North West Corner Method 16740
147 Numeric Distribution 13996
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28318
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48102
150 Operational Efficiency 9809
151 Operational Objectives 13215
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18013
153 Operational Sustainability 27667
154 Operations Management 20268
155 Order Cancellation 10619
156 Order Cycle 18289
157 Order Cycle Time 23351
158 Order Fill Rate 33802
159 Order Fulfillment 6367
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10145
161 Parts Standardization 9181
162 PDCA Cycle 7889
163 Peak Load Pricing 13246
164 Perfect Order 12983
165 Physical Distribution 24746
166 Pick List 9712
167 Pipeline inventory 42154
168 Postponement 15137
169 Process Bottleneck 6156
170 Process Checklist Template 6810
171 Process Yield 19998
172 Product ID 15761
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10273
174 Production Capacity 27377
175 Production Orientation 25413
176 Production Planning 36076
177 Production Related Materials 7496
178 Production Scheduling 35489
179 Purchasing 22452
180 Quality Audit 7033
181 Quality Control 35648
182 Quality Standards 56201
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14025
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11815
185 Quick Response 11105
186 Raw Material 24854
187 Return Goods Handling 10290
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11019
189 Root Cause Analysis 9089
190 Routing 6898
 
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