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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 9841
92 External Growth 10090
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9531
94 Field Services 7750
95 Field Warehouse 10519
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8784
97 Fishbone Diagram 14623
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27061
99 Flow Through Distribution 12327
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8192
101 FOB Destination 13050
102 Forward buying 30187
103 Freight Charge 10422
104 Freight Consolidation 7540
105 Gantt Chart 8300
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11747
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29607
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12699
109 Hub 23453
110 Idle Time 8081
111 Import/Export License 8735
112 In Bond Shipment 13975
113 Inbound Logistics 13602
114 Interstate System 11021
115 Inventory Costs 53698
116 Inventory in Transit 16552
117 Inventory Management 54851
118 Inventory Planning System 9885
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22320
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42800
121 JIT 2 18455
122 Job Production 27740
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9160
124 Kanban Squares 6852
125 Laid-Down Cost 10207
126 Lean Office 6136
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10866
128 Lee's Notation 8580
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14259
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37321
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9289
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7541
133 Logistics Channel 22933
134 Logistics Costs 26705
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6701
136 Manifest 10554
137 Marks and Numbers 12623
138 Material Planning 35133
139 Materials Management 26389
140 Milk Run 43139
141 Mini Land Bridge 14432
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9580
143 Modal Split 15448
144 Movement of Goods 19503
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31686
146 North West Corner Method 16881
147 Numeric Distribution 14247
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28578
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48485
150 Operational Efficiency 9958
151 Operational Objectives 13368
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18134
153 Operational Sustainability 28052
154 Operations Management 20831
155 Order Cancellation 10848
156 Order Cycle 18460
157 Order Cycle Time 23536
158 Order Fill Rate 34056
159 Order Fulfillment 6486
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10334
161 Parts Standardization 9334
162 PDCA Cycle 8066
163 Peak Load Pricing 13382
164 Perfect Order 13255
165 Physical Distribution 24963
166 Pick List 9859
167 Pipeline inventory 42395
168 Postponement 15305
169 Process Bottleneck 6314
170 Process Checklist Template 6941
171 Process Yield 20250
172 Product ID 15933
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10377
174 Production Capacity 27746
175 Production Orientation 25689
176 Production Planning 36671
177 Production Related Materials 7717
178 Production Scheduling 36105
179 Purchasing 22913
180 Quality Audit 7187
181 Quality Control 36408
182 Quality Standards 56629
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14232
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11965
185 Quick Response 11288
186 Raw Material 25399
187 Return Goods Handling 10439
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11409
189 Root Cause Analysis 9230
190 Routing 7021
 
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