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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 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9623
94 Field Services 7809
95 Field Warehouse 10884
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8930
97 Fishbone Diagram 14729
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27273
99 Flow Through Distribution 12438
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8294
101 FOB Destination 13173
102 Forward buying 30369
103 Freight Charge 10501
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8362
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11869
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29732
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12802
109 Hub 23588
110 Idle Time 8158
111 Import/Export License 8823
112 In Bond Shipment 14093
113 Inbound Logistics 13713
114 Interstate System 11109
115 Inventory Costs 54012
116 Inventory in Transit 16683
117 Inventory Management 55161
118 Inventory Planning System 9963
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22463
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43268
121 JIT 2 18546
122 Job Production 28128
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9245
124 Kanban Squares 6947
125 Laid-Down Cost 10341
126 Lean Office 6224
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10909
128 Lee's Notation 8642
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14418
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37570
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9408
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7600
133 Logistics Channel 23043
134 Logistics Costs 26845
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6751
136 Manifest 10667
137 Marks and Numbers 12771
138 Material Planning 35321
139 Materials Management 26521
140 Milk Run 43328
141 Mini Land Bridge 14536
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9704
143 Modal Split 15569
144 Movement of Goods 19633
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31888
146 North West Corner Method 16954
147 Numeric Distribution 14363
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28719
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48752
150 Operational Efficiency 10040
151 Operational Objectives 13471
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18198
153 Operational Sustainability 28246
154 Operations Management 21049
155 Order Cancellation 10951
156 Order Cycle 18558
157 Order Cycle Time 23649
158 Order Fill Rate 34190
159 Order Fulfillment 6561
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10448
161 Parts Standardization 9411
162 PDCA Cycle 8123
163 Peak Load Pricing 13459
164 Perfect Order 13395
165 Physical Distribution 25131
166 Pick List 9951
167 Pipeline inventory 42547
168 Postponement 15406
169 Process Bottleneck 6397
170 Process Checklist Template 7009
171 Process Yield 20350
172 Product ID 16042
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10453
174 Production Capacity 27963
175 Production Orientation 25851
176 Production Planning 37007
177 Production Related Materials 7853
178 Production Scheduling 36381
179 Purchasing 23136
180 Quality Audit 7281
181 Quality Control 36780
182 Quality Standards 56860
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14324
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12049
185 Quick Response 11412
186 Raw Material 25714
187 Return Goods Handling 10539
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11592
189 Root Cause Analysis 9314
190 Routing 7087
 
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