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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 9805
92 External Growth 10036
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7723
95 Field Warehouse 10344
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8727
97 Fishbone Diagram 14569
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26961
99 Flow Through Distribution 12279
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8139
101 FOB Destination 12985
102 Forward buying 30033
103 Freight Charge 10294
104 Freight Consolidation 7500
105 Gantt Chart 8267
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11695
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29530
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12648
109 Hub 23375
110 Idle Time 8041
111 Import/Export License 8683
112 In Bond Shipment 13904
113 Inbound Logistics 13544
114 Interstate System 10975
115 Inventory Costs 53504
116 Inventory in Transit 16403
117 Inventory Management 54621
118 Inventory Planning System 9753
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22250
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42550
121 JIT 2 18406
122 Job Production 27531
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9024
124 Kanban Squares 6809
125 Laid-Down Cost 10133
126 Lean Office 6009
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10839
128 Lee's Notation 8543
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14180
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37127
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9227
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7412
133 Logistics Channel 22861
134 Logistics Costs 26614
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6666
136 Manifest 10504
137 Marks and Numbers 12572
138 Material Planning 35039
139 Materials Management 26325
140 Milk Run 43049
141 Mini Land Bridge 14387
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9510
143 Modal Split 15377
144 Movement of Goods 19424
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31557
146 North West Corner Method 16834
147 Numeric Distribution 14178
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28499
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48364
150 Operational Efficiency 9914
151 Operational Objectives 13318
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18102
153 Operational Sustainability 27883
154 Operations Management 20605
155 Order Cancellation 10785
156 Order Cycle 18414
157 Order Cycle Time 23477
158 Order Fill Rate 33975
159 Order Fulfillment 6449
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10278
161 Parts Standardization 9284
162 PDCA Cycle 7948
163 Peak Load Pricing 13341
164 Perfect Order 13188
165 Physical Distribution 24889
166 Pick List 9817
167 Pipeline inventory 42323
168 Postponement 15266
169 Process Bottleneck 6259
170 Process Checklist Template 6902
171 Process Yield 20112
172 Product ID 15869
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10349
174 Production Capacity 27647
175 Production Orientation 25601
176 Production Planning 36491
177 Production Related Materials 7661
178 Production Scheduling 35963
179 Purchasing 22722
180 Quality Audit 7133
181 Quality Control 36200
182 Quality Standards 56508
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14160
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11918
185 Quick Response 11227
186 Raw Material 25234
187 Return Goods Handling 10393
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11243
189 Root Cause Analysis 9187
190 Routing 6987
 
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