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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 9591
92 External Growth 9805
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9188
94 Field Services 7571
95 Field Warehouse 9661
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8394
97 Fishbone Diagram 14282
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26483
99 Flow Through Distribution 12018
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7898
101 FOB Destination 12654
102 Forward buying 29681
103 Freight Charge 10078
104 Freight Consolidation 7299
105 Gantt Chart 8097
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11379
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29136
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12407
109 Hub 23012
110 Idle Time 7848
111 Import/Export License 8459
112 In Bond Shipment 13582
113 Inbound Logistics 13180
114 Interstate System 10764
115 Inventory Costs 52677
116 Inventory in Transit 16062
117 Inventory Management 53771
118 Inventory Planning System 9556
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21876
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41262
121 JIT 2 18192
122 Job Production 26541
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8736
124 Kanban Squares 6597
125 Laid-Down Cost 9872
126 Lean Office 5783
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10720
128 Lee's Notation 8334
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13785
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36214
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8937
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7234
133 Logistics Channel 22533
134 Logistics Costs 26252
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6523
136 Manifest 10210
137 Marks and Numbers 12242
138 Material Planning 34523
139 Materials Management 26000
140 Milk Run 42374
141 Mini Land Bridge 14105
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9156
143 Modal Split 14941
144 Movement of Goods 19097
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31033
146 North West Corner Method 16627
147 Numeric Distribution 13818
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28114
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47810
150 Operational Efficiency 9655
151 Operational Objectives 13090
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17921
153 Operational Sustainability 27444
154 Operations Management 19811
155 Order Cancellation 10385
156 Order Cycle 18145
157 Order Cycle Time 23159
158 Order Fill Rate 33593
159 Order Fulfillment 6269
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10023
161 Parts Standardization 9057
162 PDCA Cycle 7804
163 Peak Load Pricing 13089
164 Perfect Order 12777
165 Physical Distribution 24519
166 Pick List 9584
167 Pipeline inventory 41907
168 Postponement 15005
169 Process Bottleneck 6026
170 Process Checklist Template 6700
171 Process Yield 19846
172 Product ID 15610
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10183
174 Production Capacity 27004
175 Production Orientation 25241
176 Production Planning 35540
177 Production Related Materials 7289
178 Production Scheduling 35008
179 Purchasing 22163
180 Quality Audit 6877
181 Quality Control 34970
182 Quality Standards 55859
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13871
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11686
185 Quick Response 10884
186 Raw Material 24320
187 Return Goods Handling 10175
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10780
189 Root Cause Analysis 8971
190 Routing 6824
 
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