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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 10106
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9539
94 Field Services 7761
95 Field Warehouse 10562
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8802
97 Fishbone Diagram 14634
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27091
99 Flow Through Distribution 12341
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
101 FOB Destination 13065
102 Forward buying 30225
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7550
105 Gantt Chart 8310
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11758
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29621
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12717
109 Hub 23471
110 Idle Time 8088
111 Import/Export License 8745
112 In Bond Shipment 13997
113 Inbound Logistics 13619
114 Interstate System 11029
115 Inventory Costs 53736
116 Inventory in Transit 16567
117 Inventory Management 54906
118 Inventory Planning System 9893
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22337
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42879
121 JIT 2 18467
122 Job Production 27792
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9166
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10225
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10870
128 Lee's Notation 8584
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14277
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37357
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9306
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7547
133 Logistics Channel 22950
134 Logistics Costs 26720
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6705
136 Manifest 10565
137 Marks and Numbers 12640
138 Material Planning 35172
139 Materials Management 26405
140 Milk Run 43159
141 Mini Land Bridge 14444
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9591
143 Modal Split 15463
144 Movement of Goods 19518
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31718
146 North West Corner Method 16888
147 Numeric Distribution 14257
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28592
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48513
150 Operational Efficiency 9969
151 Operational Objectives 13384
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18142
153 Operational Sustainability 28085
154 Operations Management 20875
155 Order Cancellation 10861
156 Order Cycle 18472
157 Order Cycle Time 23550
158 Order Fill Rate 34071
159 Order Fulfillment 6494
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10344
161 Parts Standardization 9345
162 PDCA Cycle 8071
163 Peak Load Pricing 13388
164 Perfect Order 13275
165 Physical Distribution 24993
166 Pick List 9869
167 Pipeline inventory 42419
168 Postponement 15316
169 Process Bottleneck 6320
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
171 Process Yield 20256
172 Product ID 15945
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10388
174 Production Capacity 27774
175 Production Orientation 25708
176 Production Planning 36716
177 Production Related Materials 7726
178 Production Scheduling 36145
179 Purchasing 22943
180 Quality Audit 7197
181 Quality Control 36466
182 Quality Standards 56663
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14244
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11973
185 Quick Response 11300
186 Raw Material 25453
187 Return Goods Handling 10450
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11428
189 Root Cause Analysis 9244
190 Routing 7031
 
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