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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 9614
92 External Growth 9830
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9692
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14308
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26534
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12683
102 Forward buying 29725
103 Freight Charge 10102
104 Freight Consolidation 7327
105 Gantt Chart 8118
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11423
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29185
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12430
109 Hub 23058
110 Idle Time 7867
111 Import/Export License 8483
112 In Bond Shipment 13616
113 Inbound Logistics 13222
114 Interstate System 10781
115 Inventory Costs 52777
116 Inventory in Transit 16105
117 Inventory Management 53863
118 Inventory Planning System 9586
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21931
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41415
121 JIT 2 18214
122 Job Production 26658
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8767
124 Kanban Squares 6623
125 Laid-Down Cost 9893
126 Lean Office 5808
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10738
128 Lee's Notation 8361
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13830
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36312
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8961
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7275
133 Logistics Channel 22569
134 Logistics Costs 26291
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6541
136 Manifest 10243
137 Marks and Numbers 12262
138 Material Planning 34585
139 Materials Management 26035
140 Milk Run 42459
141 Mini Land Bridge 14135
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9197
143 Modal Split 14988
144 Movement of Goods 19135
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31075
146 North West Corner Method 16650
147 Numeric Distribution 13855
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28152
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47867
150 Operational Efficiency 9687
151 Operational Objectives 13115
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17934
153 Operational Sustainability 27506
154 Operations Management 19896
155 Order Cancellation 10421
156 Order Cycle 18171
157 Order Cycle Time 23197
158 Order Fill Rate 33643
159 Order Fulfillment 6290
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10046
161 Parts Standardization 9080
162 PDCA Cycle 7821
163 Peak Load Pricing 13132
164 Perfect Order 12829
165 Physical Distribution 24568
166 Pick List 9612
167 Pipeline inventory 41955
168 Postponement 15031
169 Process Bottleneck 6054
170 Process Checklist Template 6718
171 Process Yield 19874
172 Product ID 15635
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10194
174 Production Capacity 27116
175 Production Orientation 25275
176 Production Planning 35657
177 Production Related Materials 7322
178 Production Scheduling 35110
179 Purchasing 22232
180 Quality Audit 6915
181 Quality Control 35107
182 Quality Standards 55933
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13902
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11713
185 Quick Response 10925
186 Raw Material 24445
187 Return Goods Handling 10196
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10833
189 Root Cause Analysis 8991
190 Routing 6834
 
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