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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 9728
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9315
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9838
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8610
97 Fishbone Diagram 14473
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26784
99 Flow Through Distribution 12171
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12875
102 Forward buying 29891
103 Freight Charge 10213
104 Freight Consolidation 7428
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11581
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29373
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12552
109 Hub 23232
110 Idle Time 7962
111 Import/Export License 8600
112 In Bond Shipment 13759
113 Inbound Logistics 13404
114 Interstate System 10882
115 Inventory Costs 53189
116 Inventory in Transit 16278
117 Inventory Management 54318
118 Inventory Planning System 9685
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22120
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42049
121 JIT 2 18320
122 Job Production 27157
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8921
124 Kanban Squares 6738
125 Laid-Down Cost 10021
126 Lean Office 5923
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10793
128 Lee's Notation 8464
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14031
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36775
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9101
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7354
133 Logistics Channel 22736
134 Logistics Costs 26465
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6611
136 Manifest 10400
137 Marks and Numbers 12434
138 Material Planning 34879
139 Materials Management 26208
140 Milk Run 42815
141 Mini Land Bridge 14279
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9374
143 Modal Split 15229
144 Movement of Goods 19296
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31331
146 North West Corner Method 16760
147 Numeric Distribution 14017
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28349
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48141
150 Operational Efficiency 9827
151 Operational Objectives 13231
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18028
153 Operational Sustainability 27702
154 Operations Management 20331
155 Order Cancellation 10653
156 Order Cycle 18313
157 Order Cycle Time 23373
158 Order Fill Rate 33830
159 Order Fulfillment 6381
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10168
161 Parts Standardization 9200
162 PDCA Cycle 7900
163 Peak Load Pricing 13256
164 Perfect Order 13012
165 Physical Distribution 24764
166 Pick List 9725
167 Pipeline inventory 42171
168 Postponement 15154
169 Process Bottleneck 6175
170 Process Checklist Template 6827
171 Process Yield 20017
172 Product ID 15775
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10288
174 Production Capacity 27412
175 Production Orientation 25439
176 Production Planning 36152
177 Production Related Materials 7523
178 Production Scheduling 35557
179 Purchasing 22488
180 Quality Audit 7047
181 Quality Control 35722
182 Quality Standards 56251
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14043
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11828
185 Quick Response 11123
186 Raw Material 24916
187 Return Goods Handling 10306
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11051
189 Root Cause Analysis 9108
190 Routing 6913
 
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