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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 9875
92 External Growth 10149
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9574
94 Field Services 7783
95 Field Warehouse 10691
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8861
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27168
99 Flow Through Distribution 12383
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8243
101 FOB Destination 13121
102 Forward buying 30296
103 Freight Charge 10462
104 Freight Consolidation 7582
105 Gantt Chart 8334
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11803
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29673
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12754
109 Hub 23527
110 Idle Time 8123
111 Import/Export License 8785
112 In Bond Shipment 14041
113 Inbound Logistics 13660
114 Interstate System 11069
115 Inventory Costs 53862
116 Inventory in Transit 16607
117 Inventory Management 55009
118 Inventory Planning System 9922
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22385
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43099
121 JIT 2 18503
122 Job Production 27936
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9199
124 Kanban Squares 6895
125 Laid-Down Cost 10283
126 Lean Office 6180
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8621
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14340
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37444
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9348
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7573
133 Logistics Channel 22986
134 Logistics Costs 26768
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6723
136 Manifest 10609
137 Marks and Numbers 12699
138 Material Planning 35239
139 Materials Management 26460
140 Milk Run 43234
141 Mini Land Bridge 14484
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9645
143 Modal Split 15508
144 Movement of Goods 19567
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31803
146 North West Corner Method 16914
147 Numeric Distribution 14307
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28646
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48607
150 Operational Efficiency 9999
151 Operational Objectives 13420
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18174
153 Operational Sustainability 28166
154 Operations Management 20958
155 Order Cancellation 10902
156 Order Cycle 18515
157 Order Cycle Time 23591
158 Order Fill Rate 34130
159 Order Fulfillment 6520
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10390
161 Parts Standardization 9376
162 PDCA Cycle 8097
163 Peak Load Pricing 13420
164 Perfect Order 13329
165 Physical Distribution 25053
166 Pick List 9907
167 Pipeline inventory 42477
168 Postponement 15356
169 Process Bottleneck 6354
170 Process Checklist Template 6976
171 Process Yield 20298
172 Product ID 15989
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10420
174 Production Capacity 27857
175 Production Orientation 25766
176 Production Planning 36845
177 Production Related Materials 7764
178 Production Scheduling 36256
179 Purchasing 23027
180 Quality Audit 7237
181 Quality Control 36623
182 Quality Standards 56752
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14275
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12007
185 Quick Response 11348
186 Raw Material 25584
187 Return Goods Handling 10488
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11500
189 Root Cause Analysis 9278
190 Routing 7057
 
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