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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 9850
92 External Growth 10115
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9546
94 Field Services 7766
95 Field Warehouse 10597
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8820
97 Fishbone Diagram 14646
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27112
99 Flow Through Distribution 12352
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8209
101 FOB Destination 13084
102 Forward buying 30244
103 Freight Charge 10435
104 Freight Consolidation 7558
105 Gantt Chart 8318
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11769
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29635
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12726
109 Hub 23487
110 Idle Time 8100
111 Import/Export License 8753
112 In Bond Shipment 14009
113 Inbound Logistics 13626
114 Interstate System 11039
115 Inventory Costs 53770
116 Inventory in Transit 16576
117 Inventory Management 54932
118 Inventory Planning System 9899
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22346
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42960
121 JIT 2 18480
122 Job Production 27832
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9173
124 Kanban Squares 6865
125 Laid-Down Cost 10241
126 Lean Office 6152
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10877
128 Lee's Notation 8591
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14293
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37382
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9318
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7551
133 Logistics Channel 22956
134 Logistics Costs 26733
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6712
136 Manifest 10573
137 Marks and Numbers 12659
138 Material Planning 35190
139 Materials Management 26419
140 Milk Run 43177
141 Mini Land Bridge 14453
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9603
143 Modal Split 15479
144 Movement of Goods 19532
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31744
146 North West Corner Method 16895
147 Numeric Distribution 14272
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28608
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48534
150 Operational Efficiency 9976
151 Operational Objectives 13394
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18155
153 Operational Sustainability 28110
154 Operations Management 20903
155 Order Cancellation 10869
156 Order Cycle 18485
157 Order Cycle Time 23558
158 Order Fill Rate 34091
159 Order Fulfillment 6498
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10357
161 Parts Standardization 9352
162 PDCA Cycle 8079
163 Peak Load Pricing 13397
164 Perfect Order 13294
165 Physical Distribution 25011
166 Pick List 9876
167 Pipeline inventory 42435
168 Postponement 15325
169 Process Bottleneck 6325
170 Process Checklist Template 6955
171 Process Yield 20269
172 Product ID 15954
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10397
174 Production Capacity 27793
175 Production Orientation 25725
176 Production Planning 36754
177 Production Related Materials 7736
178 Production Scheduling 36183
179 Purchasing 22959
180 Quality Audit 7205
181 Quality Control 36517
182 Quality Standards 56687
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14253
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11982
185 Quick Response 11307
186 Raw Material 25494
187 Return Goods Handling 10459
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11442
189 Root Cause Analysis 9252
190 Routing 7037
 
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