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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 9779
92 External Growth 10012
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9375
94 Field Services 7707
95 Field Warehouse 10201
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8696
97 Fishbone Diagram 14546
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26909
99 Flow Through Distribution 12252
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8114
101 FOB Destination 12960
102 Forward buying 29992
103 Freight Charge 10272
104 Freight Consolidation 7484
105 Gantt Chart 8249
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11664
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29486
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12623
109 Hub 23335
110 Idle Time 8014
111 Import/Export License 8661
112 In Bond Shipment 13861
113 Inbound Logistics 13505
114 Interstate System 10950
115 Inventory Costs 53408
116 Inventory in Transit 16364
117 Inventory Management 54544
118 Inventory Planning System 9736
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22221
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42427
121 JIT 2 18386
122 Job Production 27418
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8995
124 Kanban Squares 6788
125 Laid-Down Cost 10100
126 Lean Office 5977
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10828
128 Lee's Notation 8519
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14138
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37049
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9194
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7398
133 Logistics Channel 22823
134 Logistics Costs 26568
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6645
136 Manifest 10479
137 Marks and Numbers 12546
138 Material Planning 34999
139 Materials Management 26295
140 Milk Run 42988
141 Mini Land Bridge 14358
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9478
143 Modal Split 15342
144 Movement of Goods 19385
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31479
146 North West Corner Method 16814
147 Numeric Distribution 14139
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28460
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48303
150 Operational Efficiency 9894
151 Operational Objectives 13291
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18086
153 Operational Sustainability 27837
154 Operations Management 20541
155 Order Cancellation 10751
156 Order Cycle 18380
157 Order Cycle Time 23439
158 Order Fill Rate 33939
159 Order Fulfillment 6432
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10247
161 Parts Standardization 9264
162 PDCA Cycle 7937
163 Peak Load Pricing 13317
164 Perfect Order 13136
165 Physical Distribution 24848
166 Pick List 9794
167 Pipeline inventory 42279
168 Postponement 15236
169 Process Bottleneck 6243
170 Process Checklist Template 6883
171 Process Yield 20081
172 Product ID 15841
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10335
174 Production Capacity 27578
175 Production Orientation 25562
176 Production Planning 36397
177 Production Related Materials 7627
178 Production Scheduling 35872
179 Purchasing 22650
180 Quality Audit 7106
181 Quality Control 36064
182 Quality Standards 56434
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14125
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11893
185 Quick Response 11205
186 Raw Material 25157
187 Return Goods Handling 10369
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11196
189 Root Cause Analysis 9162
190 Routing 6967
 
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