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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 9700
92 External Growth 9915
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9292
94 Field Services 7644
95 Field Warehouse 9777
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8571
97 Fishbone Diagram 14447
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26733
99 Flow Through Distribution 12150
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8026
101 FOB Destination 12837
102 Forward buying 29856
103 Freight Charge 10190
104 Freight Consolidation 7410
105 Gantt Chart 8186
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11553
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29336
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12527
109 Hub 23198
110 Idle Time 7941
111 Import/Export License 8579
112 In Bond Shipment 13740
113 Inbound Logistics 13366
114 Interstate System 10856
115 Inventory Costs 53110
116 Inventory in Transit 16243
117 Inventory Management 54216
118 Inventory Planning System 9668
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22091
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41917
121 JIT 2 18305
122 Job Production 27048
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8893
124 Kanban Squares 6716
125 Laid-Down Cost 9992
126 Lean Office 5898
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10783
128 Lee's Notation 8443
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13989
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36674
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9063
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7339
133 Logistics Channel 22700
134 Logistics Costs 26432
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6595
136 Manifest 10373
137 Marks and Numbers 12383
138 Material Planning 34823
139 Materials Management 26167
140 Milk Run 42757
141 Mini Land Bridge 14254
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9338
143 Modal Split 15177
144 Movement of Goods 19259
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31288
146 North West Corner Method 16735
147 Numeric Distribution 13988
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28304
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48083
150 Operational Efficiency 9798
151 Operational Objectives 13203
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18009
153 Operational Sustainability 27658
154 Operations Management 20240
155 Order Cancellation 10607
156 Order Cycle 18280
157 Order Cycle Time 23341
158 Order Fill Rate 33789
159 Order Fulfillment 6365
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10135
161 Parts Standardization 9174
162 PDCA Cycle 7881
163 Peak Load Pricing 13236
164 Perfect Order 12971
165 Physical Distribution 24732
166 Pick List 9706
167 Pipeline inventory 42136
168 Postponement 15128
169 Process Bottleneck 6144
170 Process Checklist Template 6798
171 Process Yield 19988
172 Product ID 15753
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10266
174 Production Capacity 27367
175 Production Orientation 25406
176 Production Planning 36050
177 Production Related Materials 7469
178 Production Scheduling 35464
179 Purchasing 22438
180 Quality Audit 7023
181 Quality Control 35612
182 Quality Standards 56182
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14012
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11809
185 Quick Response 11091
186 Raw Material 24828
187 Return Goods Handling 10286
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11005
189 Root Cause Analysis 9082
190 Routing 6892
 
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