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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 9846
92 External Growth 10100
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9538
94 Field Services 7759
95 Field Warehouse 10553
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8799
97 Fishbone Diagram 14631
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27080
99 Flow Through Distribution 12337
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8199
101 FOB Destination 13063
102 Forward buying 30213
103 Freight Charge 10429
104 Freight Consolidation 7549
105 Gantt Chart 8307
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11756
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29616
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12713
109 Hub 23466
110 Idle Time 8087
111 Import/Export License 8742
112 In Bond Shipment 13992
113 Inbound Logistics 13616
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53729
116 Inventory in Transit 16564
117 Inventory Management 54893
118 Inventory Planning System 9892
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22332
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42855
121 JIT 2 18464
122 Job Production 27777
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9164
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10218
126 Lean Office 6143
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8583
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14270
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37345
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9302
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7546
133 Logistics Channel 22944
134 Logistics Costs 26715
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6704
136 Manifest 10563
137 Marks and Numbers 12637
138 Material Planning 35162
139 Materials Management 26400
140 Milk Run 43153
141 Mini Land Bridge 14442
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9589
143 Modal Split 15458
144 Movement of Goods 19514
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31709
146 North West Corner Method 16887
147 Numeric Distribution 14254
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28587
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48505
150 Operational Efficiency 9965
151 Operational Objectives 13382
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18140
153 Operational Sustainability 28077
154 Operations Management 20864
155 Order Cancellation 10858
156 Order Cycle 18470
157 Order Cycle Time 23548
158 Order Fill Rate 34065
159 Order Fulfillment 6492
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10341
161 Parts Standardization 9342
162 PDCA Cycle 8069
163 Peak Load Pricing 13387
164 Perfect Order 13270
165 Physical Distribution 24986
166 Pick List 9868
167 Pipeline inventory 42412
168 Postponement 15315
169 Process Bottleneck 6320
170 Process Checklist Template 6948
171 Process Yield 20255
172 Product ID 15942
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10386
174 Production Capacity 27764
175 Production Orientation 25701
176 Production Planning 36705
177 Production Related Materials 7722
178 Production Scheduling 36135
179 Purchasing 22938
180 Quality Audit 7195
181 Quality Control 36448
182 Quality Standards 56657
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14242
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11972
185 Quick Response 11297
186 Raw Material 25438
187 Return Goods Handling 10448
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11426
189 Root Cause Analysis 9238
190 Routing 7028
 
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