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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 9929
92 External Growth 10211
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9636
94 Field Services 7818
95 Field Warehouse 10926
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8951
97 Fishbone Diagram 14743
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27295
99 Flow Through Distribution 12457
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30391
103 Freight Charge 10512
104 Freight Consolidation 7616
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11891
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29751
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12817
109 Hub 23604
110 Idle Time 8165
111 Import/Export License 8834
112 In Bond Shipment 14109
113 Inbound Logistics 13729
114 Interstate System 11117
115 Inventory Costs 54045
116 Inventory in Transit 16703
117 Inventory Management 55209
118 Inventory Planning System 9975
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22486
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43341
121 JIT 2 18556
122 Job Production 28191
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9255
124 Kanban Squares 6960
125 Laid-Down Cost 10359
126 Lean Office 6235
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8649
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14439
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37615
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9420
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23058
134 Logistics Costs 26864
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6758
136 Manifest 10678
137 Marks and Numbers 12785
138 Material Planning 35343
139 Materials Management 26542
140 Milk Run 43356
141 Mini Land Bridge 14549
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9719
143 Modal Split 15587
144 Movement of Goods 19672
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31911
146 North West Corner Method 16964
147 Numeric Distribution 14379
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28734
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48788
150 Operational Efficiency 10049
151 Operational Objectives 13481
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18209
153 Operational Sustainability 28274
154 Operations Management 21083
155 Order Cancellation 10966
156 Order Cycle 18569
157 Order Cycle Time 23668
158 Order Fill Rate 34217
159 Order Fulfillment 6567
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10461
161 Parts Standardization 9417
162 PDCA Cycle 8132
163 Peak Load Pricing 13467
164 Perfect Order 13414
165 Physical Distribution 25152
166 Pick List 9962
167 Pipeline inventory 42571
168 Postponement 15423
169 Process Bottleneck 6409
170 Process Checklist Template 7014
171 Process Yield 20363
172 Product ID 16054
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10466
174 Production Capacity 28001
175 Production Orientation 25874
176 Production Planning 37051
177 Production Related Materials 7874
178 Production Scheduling 36417
179 Purchasing 23178
180 Quality Audit 7296
181 Quality Control 36851
182 Quality Standards 56890
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14346
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12057
185 Quick Response 11427
186 Raw Material 25754
187 Return Goods Handling 10547
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11616
189 Root Cause Analysis 9330
190 Routing 7092
 
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