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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 9787
92 External Growth 10022
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9383
94 Field Services 7713
95 Field Warehouse 10272
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8707
97 Fishbone Diagram 14557
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26932
99 Flow Through Distribution 12263
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8128
101 FOB Destination 12973
102 Forward buying 30014
103 Freight Charge 10279
104 Freight Consolidation 7491
105 Gantt Chart 8257
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11677
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29505
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12633
109 Hub 23350
110 Idle Time 8026
111 Import/Export License 8671
112 In Bond Shipment 13881
113 Inbound Logistics 13521
114 Interstate System 10960
115 Inventory Costs 53445
116 Inventory in Transit 16381
117 Inventory Management 54577
118 Inventory Planning System 9746
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22235
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42478
121 JIT 2 18393
122 Job Production 27461
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9008
124 Kanban Squares 6797
125 Laid-Down Cost 10114
126 Lean Office 5992
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10833
128 Lee's Notation 8529
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14156
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37085
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9208
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7405
133 Logistics Channel 22840
134 Logistics Costs 26584
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6653
136 Manifest 10489
137 Marks and Numbers 12557
138 Material Planning 35010
139 Materials Management 26306
140 Milk Run 43014
141 Mini Land Bridge 14374
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9494
143 Modal Split 15359
144 Movement of Goods 19402
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31514
146 North West Corner Method 16825
147 Numeric Distribution 14153
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28477
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48324
150 Operational Efficiency 9904
151 Operational Objectives 13303
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18093
153 Operational Sustainability 27854
154 Operations Management 20580
155 Order Cancellation 10764
156 Order Cycle 18395
157 Order Cycle Time 23456
158 Order Fill Rate 33956
159 Order Fulfillment 6442
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10268
161 Parts Standardization 9273
162 PDCA Cycle 7941
163 Peak Load Pricing 13328
164 Perfect Order 13154
165 Physical Distribution 24864
166 Pick List 9802
167 Pipeline inventory 42298
168 Postponement 15250
169 Process Bottleneck 6251
170 Process Checklist Template 6890
171 Process Yield 20096
172 Product ID 15855
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10341
174 Production Capacity 27605
175 Production Orientation 25575
176 Production Planning 36444
177 Production Related Materials 7641
178 Production Scheduling 35907
179 Purchasing 22689
180 Quality Audit 7119
181 Quality Control 36131
182 Quality Standards 56468
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14137
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11904
185 Quick Response 11217
186 Raw Material 25188
187 Return Goods Handling 10383
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11220
189 Root Cause Analysis 9173
190 Routing 6977
 
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