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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 9821
92 External Growth 10061
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9454
94 Field Services 7737
95 Field Warehouse 10405
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8743
97 Fishbone Diagram 14593
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27001
99 Flow Through Distribution 12296
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8165
101 FOB Destination 13007
102 Forward buying 30094
103 Freight Charge 10352
104 Freight Consolidation 7517
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11719
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29563
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12668
109 Hub 23401
110 Idle Time 8058
111 Import/Export License 8705
112 In Bond Shipment 13932
113 Inbound Logistics 13567
114 Interstate System 10990
115 Inventory Costs 53570
116 Inventory in Transit 16467
117 Inventory Management 54710
118 Inventory Planning System 9809
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22276
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42632
121 JIT 2 18425
122 Job Production 27612
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9083
124 Kanban Squares 6819
125 Laid-Down Cost 10164
126 Lean Office 6068
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10846
128 Lee's Notation 8557
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14206
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37204
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9251
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7468
133 Logistics Channel 22881
134 Logistics Costs 26649
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6680
136 Manifest 10518
137 Marks and Numbers 12589
138 Material Planning 35076
139 Materials Management 26354
140 Milk Run 43081
141 Mini Land Bridge 14406
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9540
143 Modal Split 15400
144 Movement of Goods 19462
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31606
146 North West Corner Method 16852
147 Numeric Distribution 14210
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28533
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48414
150 Operational Efficiency 9933
151 Operational Objectives 13340
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18114
153 Operational Sustainability 27947
154 Operations Management 20680
155 Order Cancellation 10809
156 Order Cycle 18437
157 Order Cycle Time 23500
158 Order Fill Rate 34010
159 Order Fulfillment 6468
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10303
161 Parts Standardization 9304
162 PDCA Cycle 8003
163 Peak Load Pricing 13357
164 Perfect Order 13212
165 Physical Distribution 24918
166 Pick List 9831
167 Pipeline inventory 42348
168 Postponement 15280
169 Process Bottleneck 6286
170 Process Checklist Template 6921
171 Process Yield 20167
172 Product ID 15893
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10359
174 Production Capacity 27684
175 Production Orientation 25645
176 Production Planning 36562
177 Production Related Materials 7685
178 Production Scheduling 36020
179 Purchasing 22795
180 Quality Audit 7154
181 Quality Control 36276
182 Quality Standards 56547
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14188
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11938
185 Quick Response 11248
186 Raw Material 25288
187 Return Goods Handling 10412
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11311
189 Root Cause Analysis 9203
190 Routing 7001
 
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