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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 9921
92 External Growth 10203
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9630
94 Field Services 7814
95 Field Warehouse 10908
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8942
97 Fishbone Diagram 14737
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27285
99 Flow Through Distribution 12449
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8303
101 FOB Destination 13192
102 Forward buying 30388
103 Freight Charge 10509
104 Freight Consolidation 7612
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11880
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29743
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12810
109 Hub 23593
110 Idle Time 8162
111 Import/Export License 8831
112 In Bond Shipment 14101
113 Inbound Logistics 13724
114 Interstate System 11112
115 Inventory Costs 54027
116 Inventory in Transit 16693
117 Inventory Management 55193
118 Inventory Planning System 9967
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22477
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43307
121 JIT 2 18554
122 Job Production 28164
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9251
124 Kanban Squares 6954
125 Laid-Down Cost 10349
126 Lean Office 6231
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10914
128 Lee's Notation 8646
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14428
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37597
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9415
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7606
133 Logistics Channel 23051
134 Logistics Costs 26856
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6755
136 Manifest 10672
137 Marks and Numbers 12781
138 Material Planning 35336
139 Materials Management 26535
140 Milk Run 43343
141 Mini Land Bridge 14544
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9710
143 Modal Split 15577
144 Movement of Goods 19660
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31902
146 North West Corner Method 16960
147 Numeric Distribution 14371
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28727
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48771
150 Operational Efficiency 10046
151 Operational Objectives 13475
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18206
153 Operational Sustainability 28265
154 Operations Management 21070
155 Order Cancellation 10960
156 Order Cycle 18566
157 Order Cycle Time 23658
158 Order Fill Rate 34204
159 Order Fulfillment 6565
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10457
161 Parts Standardization 9415
162 PDCA Cycle 8127
163 Peak Load Pricing 13463
164 Perfect Order 13407
165 Physical Distribution 25144
166 Pick List 9959
167 Pipeline inventory 42560
168 Postponement 15417
169 Process Bottleneck 6402
170 Process Checklist Template 7013
171 Process Yield 20360
172 Product ID 16050
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10460
174 Production Capacity 27987
175 Production Orientation 25861
176 Production Planning 37034
177 Production Related Materials 7869
178 Production Scheduling 36405
179 Purchasing 23164
180 Quality Audit 7289
181 Quality Control 36822
182 Quality Standards 56878
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14338
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12054
185 Quick Response 11421
186 Raw Material 25737
187 Return Goods Handling 10543
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11607
189 Root Cause Analysis 9324
190 Routing 7092
 
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