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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 9750
92 External Growth 9968
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9342
94 Field Services 7682
95 Field Warehouse 9971
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8646
97 Fishbone Diagram 14507
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26836
99 Flow Through Distribution 12209
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8079
101 FOB Destination 12921
102 Forward buying 29936
103 Freight Charge 10239
104 Freight Consolidation 7450
105 Gantt Chart 8222
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11618
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29420
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12581
109 Hub 23279
110 Idle Time 7984
111 Import/Export License 8625
112 In Bond Shipment 13800
113 Inbound Logistics 13451
114 Interstate System 10913
115 Inventory Costs 53296
116 Inventory in Transit 16313
117 Inventory Management 54432
118 Inventory Planning System 9711
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22162
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42218
121 JIT 2 18350
122 Job Production 27272
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8956
124 Kanban Squares 6758
125 Laid-Down Cost 10054
126 Lean Office 5949
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10807
128 Lee's Notation 8492
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14078
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36902
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9145
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7375
133 Logistics Channel 22771
134 Logistics Costs 26509
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6626
136 Manifest 10437
137 Marks and Numbers 12484
138 Material Planning 34934
139 Materials Management 26241
140 Milk Run 42886
141 Mini Land Bridge 14319
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9414
143 Modal Split 15281
144 Movement of Goods 19336
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31398
146 North West Corner Method 16782
147 Numeric Distribution 14072
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28403
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48212
150 Operational Efficiency 9855
151 Operational Objectives 13259
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18060
153 Operational Sustainability 27756
154 Operations Management 20444
155 Order Cancellation 10701
156 Order Cycle 18346
157 Order Cycle Time 23406
158 Order Fill Rate 33881
159 Order Fulfillment 6401
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10199
161 Parts Standardization 9225
162 PDCA Cycle 7918
163 Peak Load Pricing 13287
164 Perfect Order 13069
165 Physical Distribution 24807
166 Pick List 9756
167 Pipeline inventory 42223
168 Postponement 15194
169 Process Bottleneck 6205
170 Process Checklist Template 6848
171 Process Yield 20047
172 Product ID 15805
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10312
174 Production Capacity 27478
175 Production Orientation 25492
176 Production Planning 36244
177 Production Related Materials 7584
178 Production Scheduling 35660
179 Purchasing 22564
180 Quality Audit 7069
181 Quality Control 35872
182 Quality Standards 56327
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14075
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11860
185 Quick Response 11164
186 Raw Material 25017
187 Return Goods Handling 10335
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11115
189 Root Cause Analysis 9132
190 Routing 6937
 
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