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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 9769
92 External Growth 9997
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9363
94 Field Services 7697
95 Field Warehouse 10122
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8681
97 Fishbone Diagram 14529
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26882
99 Flow Through Distribution 12238
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8101
101 FOB Destination 12948
102 Forward buying 29971
103 Freight Charge 10260
104 Freight Consolidation 7473
105 Gantt Chart 8237
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11647
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29462
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12610
109 Hub 23311
110 Idle Time 8004
111 Import/Export License 8650
112 In Bond Shipment 13836
113 Inbound Logistics 13482
114 Interstate System 10935
115 Inventory Costs 53370
116 Inventory in Transit 16347
117 Inventory Management 54504
118 Inventory Planning System 9730
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22204
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42356
121 JIT 2 18373
122 Job Production 27359
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8980
124 Kanban Squares 6775
125 Laid-Down Cost 10082
126 Lean Office 5969
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10823
128 Lee's Notation 8512
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14115
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36993
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9176
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7390
133 Logistics Channel 22807
134 Logistics Costs 26552
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6639
136 Manifest 10466
137 Marks and Numbers 12526
138 Material Planning 34981
139 Materials Management 26280
140 Milk Run 42948
141 Mini Land Bridge 14344
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9457
143 Modal Split 15326
144 Movement of Goods 19367
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31442
146 North West Corner Method 16806
147 Numeric Distribution 14118
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28442
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48272
150 Operational Efficiency 9879
151 Operational Objectives 13281
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18078
153 Operational Sustainability 27804
154 Operations Management 20513
155 Order Cancellation 10735
156 Order Cycle 18372
157 Order Cycle Time 23429
158 Order Fill Rate 33921
159 Order Fulfillment 6423
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10228
161 Parts Standardization 9251
162 PDCA Cycle 7932
163 Peak Load Pricing 13306
164 Perfect Order 13111
165 Physical Distribution 24840
166 Pick List 9781
167 Pipeline inventory 42262
168 Postponement 15220
169 Process Bottleneck 6229
170 Process Checklist Template 6872
171 Process Yield 20071
172 Product ID 15829
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10326
174 Production Capacity 27543
175 Production Orientation 25537
176 Production Planning 36345
177 Production Related Materials 7609
178 Production Scheduling 35810
179 Purchasing 22619
180 Quality Audit 7095
181 Quality Control 35999
182 Quality Standards 56400
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14101
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11882
185 Quick Response 11190
186 Raw Material 25115
187 Return Goods Handling 10359
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11166
189 Root Cause Analysis 9154
190 Routing 6956
 
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