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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 9903
92 External Growth 10178
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9605
94 Field Services 7798
95 Field Warehouse 10813
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8903
97 Fishbone Diagram 14707
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27238
99 Flow Through Distribution 12418
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8276
101 FOB Destination 13159
102 Forward buying 30348
103 Freight Charge 10492
104 Freight Consolidation 7601
105 Gantt Chart 8354
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11843
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29710
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12788
109 Hub 23570
110 Idle Time 8148
111 Import/Export License 8812
112 In Bond Shipment 14082
113 Inbound Logistics 13695
114 Interstate System 11097
115 Inventory Costs 53969
116 Inventory in Transit 16660
117 Inventory Management 55111
118 Inventory Planning System 9950
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22432
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43209
121 JIT 2 18535
122 Job Production 28053
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9228
124 Kanban Squares 6931
125 Laid-Down Cost 10322
126 Lean Office 6209
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10904
128 Lee's Notation 8633
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14389
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37527
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9385
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7591
133 Logistics Channel 23027
134 Logistics Costs 26820
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6740
136 Manifest 10650
137 Marks and Numbers 12740
138 Material Planning 35294
139 Materials Management 26500
140 Milk Run 43299
141 Mini Land Bridge 14518
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9687
143 Modal Split 15553
144 Movement of Goods 19608
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31859
146 North West Corner Method 16943
147 Numeric Distribution 14350
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28690
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48699
150 Operational Efficiency 10025
151 Operational Objectives 13457
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18194
153 Operational Sustainability 28214
154 Operations Management 21018
155 Order Cancellation 10932
156 Order Cycle 18546
157 Order Cycle Time 23632
158 Order Fill Rate 34170
159 Order Fulfillment 6550
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10423
161 Parts Standardization 9402
162 PDCA Cycle 8115
163 Peak Load Pricing 13446
164 Perfect Order 13372
165 Physical Distribution 25102
166 Pick List 9930
167 Pipeline inventory 42524
168 Postponement 15390
169 Process Bottleneck 6388
170 Process Checklist Template 7000
171 Process Yield 20332
172 Product ID 16022
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10443
174 Production Capacity 27928
175 Production Orientation 25819
176 Production Planning 36955
177 Production Related Materials 7821
178 Production Scheduling 36337
179 Purchasing 23100
180 Quality Audit 7262
181 Quality Control 36727
182 Quality Standards 56820
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14308
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12038
185 Quick Response 11395
186 Raw Material 25672
187 Return Goods Handling 10520
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11564
189 Root Cause Analysis 9304
190 Routing 7079
 
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