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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 9722
92 External Growth 9926
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9306
94 Field Services 7652
95 Field Warehouse 9806
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8593
97 Fishbone Diagram 14457
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26760
99 Flow Through Distribution 12164
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8039
101 FOB Destination 12859
102 Forward buying 29877
103 Freight Charge 10205
104 Freight Consolidation 7418
105 Gantt Chart 8194
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11566
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29358
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12540
109 Hub 23220
110 Idle Time 7954
111 Import/Export License 8589
112 In Bond Shipment 13748
113 Inbound Logistics 13386
114 Interstate System 10870
115 Inventory Costs 53158
116 Inventory in Transit 16265
117 Inventory Management 54270
118 Inventory Planning System 9677
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22102
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41997
121 JIT 2 18315
122 Job Production 27106
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8910
124 Kanban Squares 6730
125 Laid-Down Cost 10006
126 Lean Office 5914
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10789
128 Lee's Notation 8456
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14012
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36728
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9086
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7347
133 Logistics Channel 22725
134 Logistics Costs 26448
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6602
136 Manifest 10388
137 Marks and Numbers 12419
138 Material Planning 34853
139 Materials Management 26191
140 Milk Run 42792
141 Mini Land Bridge 14267
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9363
143 Modal Split 15204
144 Movement of Goods 19273
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31313
146 North West Corner Method 16744
147 Numeric Distribution 14000
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28329
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48116
150 Operational Efficiency 9817
151 Operational Objectives 13219
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18020
153 Operational Sustainability 27677
154 Operations Management 20294
155 Order Cancellation 10628
156 Order Cycle 18296
157 Order Cycle Time 23356
158 Order Fill Rate 33814
159 Order Fulfillment 6373
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10151
161 Parts Standardization 9189
162 PDCA Cycle 7893
163 Peak Load Pricing 13250
164 Perfect Order 12995
165 Physical Distribution 24752
166 Pick List 9716
167 Pipeline inventory 42163
168 Postponement 15142
169 Process Bottleneck 6163
170 Process Checklist Template 6818
171 Process Yield 20005
172 Product ID 15767
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10278
174 Production Capacity 27392
175 Production Orientation 25419
176 Production Planning 36106
177 Production Related Materials 7509
178 Production Scheduling 35512
179 Purchasing 22464
180 Quality Audit 7037
181 Quality Control 35676
182 Quality Standards 56218
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14029
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11820
185 Quick Response 11112
186 Raw Material 24880
187 Return Goods Handling 10298
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11031
189 Root Cause Analysis 9096
190 Routing 6906
 
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