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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 9856
92 External Growth 10122
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9555
94 Field Services 7768
95 Field Warehouse 10618
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8829
97 Fishbone Diagram 14653
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27129
99 Flow Through Distribution 12357
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8216
101 FOB Destination 13094
102 Forward buying 30253
103 Freight Charge 10442
104 Freight Consolidation 7565
105 Gantt Chart 8323
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11779
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29647
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12734
109 Hub 23496
110 Idle Time 8103
111 Import/Export License 8761
112 In Bond Shipment 14017
113 Inbound Logistics 13634
114 Interstate System 11045
115 Inventory Costs 53792
116 Inventory in Transit 16580
117 Inventory Management 54947
118 Inventory Planning System 9903
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22353
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42997
121 JIT 2 18486
122 Job Production 27848
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9177
124 Kanban Squares 6870
125 Laid-Down Cost 10249
126 Lean Office 6156
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10880
128 Lee's Notation 8603
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14306
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37396
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9326
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7557
133 Logistics Channel 22963
134 Logistics Costs 26738
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6713
136 Manifest 10579
137 Marks and Numbers 12667
138 Material Planning 35207
139 Materials Management 26426
140 Milk Run 43190
141 Mini Land Bridge 14458
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9613
143 Modal Split 15485
144 Movement of Goods 19541
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31754
146 North West Corner Method 16900
147 Numeric Distribution 14280
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28612
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48550
150 Operational Efficiency 9978
151 Operational Objectives 13401
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18158
153 Operational Sustainability 28128
154 Operations Management 20912
155 Order Cancellation 10878
156 Order Cycle 18493
157 Order Cycle Time 23564
158 Order Fill Rate 34099
159 Order Fulfillment 6504
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10365
161 Parts Standardization 9356
162 PDCA Cycle 8084
163 Peak Load Pricing 13402
164 Perfect Order 13301
165 Physical Distribution 25019
166 Pick List 9882
167 Pipeline inventory 42441
168 Postponement 15334
169 Process Bottleneck 6331
170 Process Checklist Template 6961
171 Process Yield 20277
172 Product ID 15962
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10402
174 Production Capacity 27807
175 Production Orientation 25736
176 Production Planning 36776
177 Production Related Materials 7741
178 Production Scheduling 36196
179 Purchasing 22975
180 Quality Audit 7214
181 Quality Control 36544
182 Quality Standards 56703
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14258
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11989
185 Quick Response 11316
186 Raw Material 25516
187 Return Goods Handling 10464
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11459
189 Root Cause Analysis 9257
190 Routing 7044
 
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