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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 9797
92 External Growth 10032
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9395
94 Field Services 7719
95 Field Warehouse 10319
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8717
97 Fishbone Diagram 14567
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26952
99 Flow Through Distribution 12274
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8135
101 FOB Destination 12981
102 Forward buying 30025
103 Freight Charge 10291
104 Freight Consolidation 7494
105 Gantt Chart 8264
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11688
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29522
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12642
109 Hub 23367
110 Idle Time 8034
111 Import/Export License 8679
112 In Bond Shipment 13893
113 Inbound Logistics 13539
114 Interstate System 10966
115 Inventory Costs 53481
116 Inventory in Transit 16396
117 Inventory Management 54609
118 Inventory Planning System 9750
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22246
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42523
121 JIT 2 18402
122 Job Production 27510
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9018
124 Kanban Squares 6806
125 Laid-Down Cost 10126
126 Lean Office 6002
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10834
128 Lee's Notation 8537
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14171
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37117
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9219
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7407
133 Logistics Channel 22857
134 Logistics Costs 26608
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6658
136 Manifest 10498
137 Marks and Numbers 12565
138 Material Planning 35031
139 Materials Management 26317
140 Milk Run 43038
141 Mini Land Bridge 14383
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9504
143 Modal Split 15370
144 Movement of Goods 19415
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31540
146 North West Corner Method 16830
147 Numeric Distribution 14169
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28494
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48349
150 Operational Efficiency 9911
151 Operational Objectives 13313
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18098
153 Operational Sustainability 27873
154 Operations Management 20600
155 Order Cancellation 10778
156 Order Cycle 18406
157 Order Cycle Time 23468
158 Order Fill Rate 33965
159 Order Fulfillment 6446
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10275
161 Parts Standardization 9278
162 PDCA Cycle 7944
163 Peak Load Pricing 13333
164 Perfect Order 13178
165 Physical Distribution 24882
166 Pick List 9810
167 Pipeline inventory 42320
168 Postponement 15259
169 Process Bottleneck 6255
170 Process Checklist Template 6898
171 Process Yield 20105
172 Product ID 15864
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10344
174 Production Capacity 27634
175 Production Orientation 25593
176 Production Planning 36475
177 Production Related Materials 7653
178 Production Scheduling 35948
179 Purchasing 22710
180 Quality Audit 7129
181 Quality Control 36180
182 Quality Standards 56497
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14155
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11913
185 Quick Response 11222
186 Raw Material 25222
187 Return Goods Handling 10388
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11233
189 Root Cause Analysis 9181
190 Routing 6980
 
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