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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 9780
92 External Growth 10013
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10208
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8698
97 Fishbone Diagram 14548
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26911
99 Flow Through Distribution 12253
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12964
102 Forward buying 29996
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7485
105 Gantt Chart 8250
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29487
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23338
110 Idle Time 8016
111 Import/Export License 8662
112 In Bond Shipment 13865
113 Inbound Logistics 13506
114 Interstate System 10951
115 Inventory Costs 53414
116 Inventory in Transit 16365
117 Inventory Management 54548
118 Inventory Planning System 9738
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22223
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42437
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27423
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8997
124 Kanban Squares 6789
125 Laid-Down Cost 10103
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10829
128 Lee's Notation 8521
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14143
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37055
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9197
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7400
133 Logistics Channel 22825
134 Logistics Costs 26570
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10480
137 Marks and Numbers 12548
138 Material Planning 35001
139 Materials Management 26295
140 Milk Run 42991
141 Mini Land Bridge 14361
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9479
143 Modal Split 15346
144 Movement of Goods 19386
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31486
146 North West Corner Method 16817
147 Numeric Distribution 14142
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28463
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48309
150 Operational Efficiency 9894
151 Operational Objectives 13292
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18087
153 Operational Sustainability 27838
154 Operations Management 20550
155 Order Cancellation 10753
156 Order Cycle 18381
157 Order Cycle Time 23441
158 Order Fill Rate 33941
159 Order Fulfillment 6433
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10252
161 Parts Standardization 9265
162 PDCA Cycle 7937
163 Peak Load Pricing 13319
164 Perfect Order 13136
165 Physical Distribution 24854
166 Pick List 9795
167 Pipeline inventory 42283
168 Postponement 15239
169 Process Bottleneck 6243
170 Process Checklist Template 6884
171 Process Yield 20088
172 Product ID 15842
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10336
174 Production Capacity 27585
175 Production Orientation 25564
176 Production Planning 36405
177 Production Related Materials 7629
178 Production Scheduling 35877
179 Purchasing 22656
180 Quality Audit 7107
181 Quality Control 36074
182 Quality Standards 56436
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14125
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11894
185 Quick Response 11205
186 Raw Material 25159
187 Return Goods Handling 10369
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11199
189 Root Cause Analysis 9164
190 Routing 6969
 
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