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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 9778
92 External Growth 10012
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9374
94 Field Services 7706
95 Field Warehouse 10197
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8695
97 Fishbone Diagram 14546
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26908
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8113
101 FOB Destination 12960
102 Forward buying 29992
103 Freight Charge 10271
104 Freight Consolidation 7484
105 Gantt Chart 8248
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29484
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23333
110 Idle Time 8013
111 Import/Export License 8661
112 In Bond Shipment 13861
113 Inbound Logistics 13503
114 Interstate System 10948
115 Inventory Costs 53408
116 Inventory in Transit 16363
117 Inventory Management 54542
118 Inventory Planning System 9736
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22220
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42420
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27416
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8994
124 Kanban Squares 6786
125 Laid-Down Cost 10099
126 Lean Office 5976
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8519
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14137
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37047
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9192
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7398
133 Logistics Channel 22823
134 Logistics Costs 26567
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10479
137 Marks and Numbers 12546
138 Material Planning 34996
139 Materials Management 26294
140 Milk Run 42986
141 Mini Land Bridge 14358
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9476
143 Modal Split 15342
144 Movement of Goods 19385
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31477
146 North West Corner Method 16814
147 Numeric Distribution 14137
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28460
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48302
150 Operational Efficiency 9894
151 Operational Objectives 13291
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18085
153 Operational Sustainability 27828
154 Operations Management 20541
155 Order Cancellation 10749
156 Order Cycle 18379
157 Order Cycle Time 23439
158 Order Fill Rate 33939
159 Order Fulfillment 6432
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10246
161 Parts Standardization 9263
162 PDCA Cycle 7936
163 Peak Load Pricing 13317
164 Perfect Order 13135
165 Physical Distribution 24847
166 Pick List 9793
167 Pipeline inventory 42279
168 Postponement 15236
169 Process Bottleneck 6241
170 Process Checklist Template 6883
171 Process Yield 20081
172 Product ID 15841
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10334
174 Production Capacity 27575
175 Production Orientation 25561
176 Production Planning 36396
177 Production Related Materials 7625
178 Production Scheduling 35868
179 Purchasing 22648
180 Quality Audit 7105
181 Quality Control 36062
182 Quality Standards 56431
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14123
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11893
185 Quick Response 11205
186 Raw Material 25155
187 Return Goods Handling 10368
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11194
189 Root Cause Analysis 9161
190 Routing 6966
 
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