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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 9617
92 External Growth 9833
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9217
94 Field Services 7586
95 Field Warehouse 9696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8445
97 Fishbone Diagram 14313
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26550
99 Flow Through Distribution 12060
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7934
101 FOB Destination 12696
102 Forward buying 29738
103 Freight Charge 10107
104 Freight Consolidation 7333
105 Gantt Chart 8121
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11436
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29198
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12436
109 Hub 23067
110 Idle Time 7873
111 Import/Export License 8491
112 In Bond Shipment 13627
113 Inbound Logistics 13233
114 Interstate System 10785
115 Inventory Costs 52794
116 Inventory in Transit 16112
117 Inventory Management 53890
118 Inventory Planning System 9595
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21945
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41456
121 JIT 2 18220
122 Job Production 26688
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8775
124 Kanban Squares 6631
125 Laid-Down Cost 9899
126 Lean Office 5813
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10745
128 Lee's Notation 8366
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13843
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36339
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8968
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7280
133 Logistics Channel 22576
134 Logistics Costs 26304
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6545
136 Manifest 10250
137 Marks and Numbers 12271
138 Material Planning 34600
139 Materials Management 26041
140 Milk Run 42477
141 Mini Land Bridge 14147
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9210
143 Modal Split 14999
144 Movement of Goods 19146
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31091
146 North West Corner Method 16656
147 Numeric Distribution 13865
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28158
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47880
150 Operational Efficiency 9694
151 Operational Objectives 13121
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17942
153 Operational Sustainability 27514
154 Operations Management 19927
155 Order Cancellation 10434
156 Order Cycle 18179
157 Order Cycle Time 23207
158 Order Fill Rate 33655
159 Order Fulfillment 6294
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10052
161 Parts Standardization 9087
162 PDCA Cycle 7824
163 Peak Load Pricing 13142
164 Perfect Order 12839
165 Physical Distribution 24579
166 Pick List 9621
167 Pipeline inventory 41968
168 Postponement 15041
169 Process Bottleneck 6059
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19882
172 Product ID 15643
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10196
174 Production Capacity 27136
175 Production Orientation 25283
176 Production Planning 35685
177 Production Related Materials 7327
178 Production Scheduling 35131
179 Purchasing 22246
180 Quality Audit 6924
181 Quality Control 35145
182 Quality Standards 55952
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13911
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11720
185 Quick Response 10936
186 Raw Material 24475
187 Return Goods Handling 10200
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10843
189 Root Cause Analysis 9000
190 Routing 6836
 
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