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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 9694
92 External Growth 9905
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9285
94 Field Services 7642
95 Field Warehouse 9767
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8564
97 Fishbone Diagram 14433
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26721
99 Flow Through Distribution 12143
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8017
101 FOB Destination 12828
102 Forward buying 29849
103 Freight Charge 10183
104 Freight Consolidation 7403
105 Gantt Chart 8182
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11547
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29326
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12518
109 Hub 23186
110 Idle Time 7935
111 Import/Export License 8573
112 In Bond Shipment 13729
113 Inbound Logistics 13356
114 Interstate System 10851
115 Inventory Costs 53091
116 Inventory in Transit 16233
117 Inventory Management 54192
118 Inventory Planning System 9661
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22076
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41880
121 JIT 2 18298
122 Job Production 27015
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8885
124 Kanban Squares 6711
125 Laid-Down Cost 9976
126 Lean Office 5891
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10781
128 Lee's Notation 8435
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13979
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36632
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9056
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7338
133 Logistics Channel 22692
134 Logistics Costs 26423
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6592
136 Manifest 10365
137 Marks and Numbers 12373
138 Material Planning 34802
139 Materials Management 26155
140 Milk Run 42738
141 Mini Land Bridge 14244
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9332
143 Modal Split 15169
144 Movement of Goods 19246
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31269
146 North West Corner Method 16729
147 Numeric Distribution 13979
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28298
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48069
150 Operational Efficiency 9790
151 Operational Objectives 13194
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18003
153 Operational Sustainability 27648
154 Operations Management 20215
155 Order Cancellation 10593
156 Order Cycle 18268
157 Order Cycle Time 23333
158 Order Fill Rate 33782
159 Order Fulfillment 6361
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10119
161 Parts Standardization 9166
162 PDCA Cycle 7875
163 Peak Load Pricing 13234
164 Perfect Order 12954
165 Physical Distribution 24715
166 Pick List 9699
167 Pipeline inventory 42123
168 Postponement 15124
169 Process Bottleneck 6136
170 Process Checklist Template 6789
171 Process Yield 19981
172 Product ID 15747
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10262
174 Production Capacity 27354
175 Production Orientation 25398
176 Production Planning 36022
177 Production Related Materials 7457
178 Production Scheduling 35436
179 Purchasing 22423
180 Quality Audit 7013
181 Quality Control 35575
182 Quality Standards 56161
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14002
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11805
185 Quick Response 11080
186 Raw Material 24801
187 Return Goods Handling 10281
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10994
189 Root Cause Analysis 9075
190 Routing 6886
 
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