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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 9753
92 External Growth 9973
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9345
94 Field Services 7685
95 Field Warehouse 9994
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8650
97 Fishbone Diagram 14509
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26843
99 Flow Through Distribution 12213
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8083
101 FOB Destination 12931
102 Forward buying 29942
103 Freight Charge 10242
104 Freight Consolidation 7455
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11622
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29433
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12584
109 Hub 23286
110 Idle Time 7988
111 Import/Export License 8629
112 In Bond Shipment 13809
113 Inbound Logistics 13454
114 Interstate System 10916
115 Inventory Costs 53308
116 Inventory in Transit 16317
117 Inventory Management 54441
118 Inventory Planning System 9714
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22169
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42243
121 JIT 2 18358
122 Job Production 27297
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8961
124 Kanban Squares 6762
125 Laid-Down Cost 10058
126 Lean Office 5952
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10809
128 Lee's Notation 8496
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14084
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36916
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9149
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7377
133 Logistics Channel 22778
134 Logistics Costs 26516
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6628
136 Manifest 10443
137 Marks and Numbers 12492
138 Material Planning 34942
139 Materials Management 26247
140 Milk Run 42898
141 Mini Land Bridge 14321
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9423
143 Modal Split 15292
144 Movement of Goods 19344
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31403
146 North West Corner Method 16788
147 Numeric Distribution 14084
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28412
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48219
150 Operational Efficiency 9859
151 Operational Objectives 13262
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18064
153 Operational Sustainability 27764
154 Operations Management 20458
155 Order Cancellation 10709
156 Order Cycle 18352
157 Order Cycle Time 23409
158 Order Fill Rate 33888
159 Order Fulfillment 6405
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10203
161 Parts Standardization 9229
162 PDCA Cycle 7922
163 Peak Load Pricing 13290
164 Perfect Order 13078
165 Physical Distribution 24812
166 Pick List 9761
167 Pipeline inventory 42229
168 Postponement 15199
169 Process Bottleneck 6210
170 Process Checklist Template 6853
171 Process Yield 20053
172 Product ID 15810
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10315
174 Production Capacity 27486
175 Production Orientation 25503
176 Production Planning 36265
177 Production Related Materials 7588
178 Production Scheduling 35684
179 Purchasing 22572
180 Quality Audit 7073
181 Quality Control 35891
182 Quality Standards 56342
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14078
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11864
185 Quick Response 11169
186 Raw Material 25034
187 Return Goods Handling 10336
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11127
189 Root Cause Analysis 9137
190 Routing 6941
 
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