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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 9875
92 External Growth 10150
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9575
94 Field Services 7785
95 Field Warehouse 10699
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8862
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27174
99 Flow Through Distribution 12383
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8244
101 FOB Destination 13124
102 Forward buying 30298
103 Freight Charge 10466
104 Freight Consolidation 7584
105 Gantt Chart 8335
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11804
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29674
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12755
109 Hub 23529
110 Idle Time 8124
111 Import/Export License 8786
112 In Bond Shipment 14044
113 Inbound Logistics 13661
114 Interstate System 11070
115 Inventory Costs 53869
116 Inventory in Transit 16610
117 Inventory Management 55012
118 Inventory Planning System 9922
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22386
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43100
121 JIT 2 18505
122 Job Production 27940
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9200
124 Kanban Squares 6897
125 Laid-Down Cost 10284
126 Lean Office 6182
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8622
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14340
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37446
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9351
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7573
133 Logistics Channel 22988
134 Logistics Costs 26771
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6724
136 Manifest 10610
137 Marks and Numbers 12699
138 Material Planning 35240
139 Materials Management 26461
140 Milk Run 43235
141 Mini Land Bridge 14485
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9646
143 Modal Split 15509
144 Movement of Goods 19570
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31805
146 North West Corner Method 16915
147 Numeric Distribution 14308
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28649
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48609
150 Operational Efficiency 10000
151 Operational Objectives 13423
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18175
153 Operational Sustainability 28169
154 Operations Management 20961
155 Order Cancellation 10904
156 Order Cycle 18515
157 Order Cycle Time 23594
158 Order Fill Rate 34130
159 Order Fulfillment 6521
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10391
161 Parts Standardization 9377
162 PDCA Cycle 8099
163 Peak Load Pricing 13421
164 Perfect Order 13332
165 Physical Distribution 25055
166 Pick List 9908
167 Pipeline inventory 42480
168 Postponement 15357
169 Process Bottleneck 6356
170 Process Checklist Template 6977
171 Process Yield 20300
172 Product ID 15990
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10422
174 Production Capacity 27861
175 Production Orientation 25769
176 Production Planning 36847
177 Production Related Materials 7765
178 Production Scheduling 36259
179 Purchasing 23029
180 Quality Audit 7238
181 Quality Control 36628
182 Quality Standards 56756
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14278
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12009
185 Quick Response 11352
186 Raw Material 25586
187 Return Goods Handling 10489
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11504
189 Root Cause Analysis 9279
190 Routing 7058
 
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