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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 9641
92 External Growth 9853
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9237
94 Field Services 7604
95 Field Warehouse 9719
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8486
97 Fishbone Diagram 14356
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26596
99 Flow Through Distribution 12086
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7959
101 FOB Destination 12729
102 Forward buying 29784
103 Freight Charge 10131
104 Freight Consolidation 7357
105 Gantt Chart 8134
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11481
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29235
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12459
109 Hub 23106
110 Idle Time 7893
111 Import/Export License 8512
112 In Bond Shipment 13659
113 Inbound Logistics 13263
114 Interstate System 10799
115 Inventory Costs 52883
116 Inventory in Transit 16149
117 Inventory Management 53969
118 Inventory Planning System 9614
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21993
120 JIT (Just In Time) 41583
121 JIT 2 18250
122 Job Production 26793
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8810
124 Kanban Squares 6658
125 Laid-Down Cost 9922
126 Lean Office 5841
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10759
128 Lee's Notation 8390
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13887
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36442
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8988
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7301
133 Logistics Channel 22609
134 Logistics Costs 26339
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6559
136 Manifest 10282
137 Marks and Numbers 12293
138 Material Planning 34664
139 Materials Management 26072
140 Milk Run 42565
141 Mini Land Bridge 14183
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9251
143 Modal Split 15056
144 Movement of Goods 19177
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31155
146 North West Corner Method 16672
147 Numeric Distribution 13897
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28196
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47943
150 Operational Efficiency 9733
151 Operational Objectives 13146
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17960
153 Operational Sustainability 27560
154 Operations Management 20021
155 Order Cancellation 10478
156 Order Cycle 18206
157 Order Cycle Time 23254
158 Order Fill Rate 33697
159 Order Fulfillment 6317
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10067
161 Parts Standardization 9113
162 PDCA Cycle 7836
163 Peak Load Pricing 13174
164 Perfect Order 12879
165 Physical Distribution 24624
166 Pick List 9646
167 Pipeline inventory 42020
168 Postponement 15069
169 Process Bottleneck 6085
170 Process Checklist Template 6735
171 Process Yield 19908
172 Product ID 15671
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10219
174 Production Capacity 27212
175 Production Orientation 25317
176 Production Planning 35783
177 Production Related Materials 7363
178 Production Scheduling 35229
179 Purchasing 22310
180 Quality Audit 6953
181 Quality Control 35297
182 Quality Standards 56023
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13940
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11744
185 Quick Response 10983
186 Raw Material 24591
187 Return Goods Handling 10216
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10891
189 Root Cause Analysis 9019
190 Routing 6853
 
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