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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 9857
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9556
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10622
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8832
97 Fishbone Diagram 14654
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27131
99 Flow Through Distribution 12358
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8217
101 FOB Destination 13096
102 Forward buying 30254
103 Freight Charge 10443
104 Freight Consolidation 7567
105 Gantt Chart 8323
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11780
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29648
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12735
109 Hub 23498
110 Idle Time 8103
111 Import/Export License 8762
112 In Bond Shipment 14019
113 Inbound Logistics 13636
114 Interstate System 11046
115 Inventory Costs 53795
116 Inventory in Transit 16581
117 Inventory Management 54951
118 Inventory Planning System 9903
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22354
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43003
121 JIT 2 18487
122 Job Production 27853
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9177
124 Kanban Squares 6870
125 Laid-Down Cost 10252
126 Lean Office 6156
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10881
128 Lee's Notation 8603
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14308
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37398
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9328
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7558
133 Logistics Channel 22967
134 Logistics Costs 26739
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6714
136 Manifest 10580
137 Marks and Numbers 12669
138 Material Planning 35208
139 Materials Management 26428
140 Milk Run 43192
141 Mini Land Bridge 14459
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9614
143 Modal Split 15489
144 Movement of Goods 19543
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31759
146 North West Corner Method 16900
147 Numeric Distribution 14282
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28613
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48557
150 Operational Efficiency 9981
151 Operational Objectives 13401
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18158
153 Operational Sustainability 28130
154 Operations Management 20915
155 Order Cancellation 10879
156 Order Cycle 18494
157 Order Cycle Time 23566
158 Order Fill Rate 34099
159 Order Fulfillment 6504
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10369
161 Parts Standardization 9357
162 PDCA Cycle 8084
163 Peak Load Pricing 13403
164 Perfect Order 13302
165 Physical Distribution 25023
166 Pick List 9884
167 Pipeline inventory 42444
168 Postponement 15334
169 Process Bottleneck 6332
170 Process Checklist Template 6961
171 Process Yield 20279
172 Product ID 15964
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10404
174 Production Capacity 27809
175 Production Orientation 25738
176 Production Planning 36779
177 Production Related Materials 7743
178 Production Scheduling 36199
179 Purchasing 22980
180 Quality Audit 7215
181 Quality Control 36546
182 Quality Standards 56705
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14258
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11990
185 Quick Response 11319
186 Raw Material 25521
187 Return Goods Handling 10464
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11462
189 Root Cause Analysis 9260
190 Routing 7045
 
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