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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 9575
92 External Growth 9784
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9170
94 Field Services 7563
95 Field Warehouse 9641
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8367
97 Fishbone Diagram 14259
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26448
99 Flow Through Distribution 11995
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7881
101 FOB Destination 12627
102 Forward buying 29652
103 Freight Charge 10061
104 Freight Consolidation 7277
105 Gantt Chart 8084
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11353
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29074
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12391
109 Hub 22983
110 Idle Time 7828
111 Import/Export License 8435
112 In Bond Shipment 13552
113 Inbound Logistics 13161
114 Interstate System 10753
115 Inventory Costs 52575
116 Inventory in Transit 16035
117 Inventory Management 53701
118 Inventory Planning System 9540
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21832
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41125
121 JIT 2 18176
122 Job Production 26451
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8715
124 Kanban Squares 6578
125 Laid-Down Cost 9857
126 Lean Office 5770
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10715
128 Lee's Notation 8319
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13748
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36143
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8922
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7216
133 Logistics Channel 22507
134 Logistics Costs 26221
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6513
136 Manifest 10187
137 Marks and Numbers 12217
138 Material Planning 34483
139 Materials Management 25975
140 Milk Run 42311
141 Mini Land Bridge 14084
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9132
143 Modal Split 14902
144 Movement of Goods 19066
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30993
146 North West Corner Method 16613
147 Numeric Distribution 13786
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28079
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47765
150 Operational Efficiency 9633
151 Operational Objectives 13068
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17904
153 Operational Sustainability 27407
154 Operations Management 19741
155 Order Cancellation 10357
156 Order Cycle 18122
157 Order Cycle Time 23126
158 Order Fill Rate 33557
159 Order Fulfillment 6253
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10007
161 Parts Standardization 9038
162 PDCA Cycle 7791
163 Peak Load Pricing 13072
164 Perfect Order 12753
165 Physical Distribution 24488
166 Pick List 9562
167 Pipeline inventory 41861
168 Postponement 14979
169 Process Bottleneck 6000
170 Process Checklist Template 6684
171 Process Yield 19827
172 Product ID 15585
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10169
174 Production Capacity 26952
175 Production Orientation 25219
176 Production Planning 35428
177 Production Related Materials 7263
178 Production Scheduling 34926
179 Purchasing 22114
180 Quality Audit 6852
181 Quality Control 34836
182 Quality Standards 55802
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13850
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11668
185 Quick Response 10853
186 Raw Material 24210
187 Return Goods Handling 10161
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10734
189 Root Cause Analysis 8958
190 Routing 6811
 
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