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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 9676
92 External Growth 9882
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9268
94 Field Services 7631
95 Field Warehouse 9752
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8542
97 Fishbone Diagram 14411
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26681
99 Flow Through Distribution 12125
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8002
101 FOB Destination 12801
102 Forward buying 29833
103 Freight Charge 10163
104 Freight Consolidation 7388
105 Gantt Chart 8166
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11520
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29293
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12500
109 Hub 23164
110 Idle Time 7921
111 Import/Export License 8557
112 In Bond Shipment 13710
113 Inbound Logistics 13326
114 Interstate System 10830
115 Inventory Costs 53034
116 Inventory in Transit 16207
117 Inventory Management 54119
118 Inventory Planning System 9646
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22054
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41785
121 JIT 2 18280
122 Job Production 26947
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8863
124 Kanban Squares 6694
125 Laid-Down Cost 9958
126 Lean Office 5874
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10771
128 Lee's Notation 8419
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13945
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36573
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9029
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7325
133 Logistics Channel 22661
134 Logistics Costs 26404
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6583
136 Manifest 10344
137 Marks and Numbers 12344
138 Material Planning 34762
139 Materials Management 26125
140 Milk Run 42698
141 Mini Land Bridge 14224
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9305
143 Modal Split 15126
144 Movement of Goods 19220
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31234
146 North West Corner Method 16712
147 Numeric Distribution 13954
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28266
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48033
150 Operational Efficiency 9774
151 Operational Objectives 13179
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17987
153 Operational Sustainability 27621
154 Operations Management 20158
155 Order Cancellation 10562
156 Order Cycle 18247
157 Order Cycle Time 23315
158 Order Fill Rate 33757
159 Order Fulfillment 6346
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10108
161 Parts Standardization 9150
162 PDCA Cycle 7860
163 Peak Load Pricing 13207
164 Perfect Order 12935
165 Physical Distribution 24685
166 Pick List 9683
167 Pipeline inventory 42089
168 Postponement 15106
169 Process Bottleneck 6118
170 Process Checklist Template 6769
171 Process Yield 19956
172 Product ID 15724
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10250
174 Production Capacity 27314
175 Production Orientation 25371
176 Production Planning 35951
177 Production Related Materials 7422
178 Production Scheduling 35377
179 Purchasing 22386
180 Quality Audit 6998
181 Quality Control 35489
182 Quality Standards 56122
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13978
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11790
185 Quick Response 11048
186 Raw Material 24729
187 Return Goods Handling 10264
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10961
189 Root Cause Analysis 9056
190 Routing 6872
 
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