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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 9875
92 External Growth 10152
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9577
94 Field Services 7787
95 Field Warehouse 10703
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8863
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27180
99 Flow Through Distribution 12384
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8245
101 FOB Destination 13125
102 Forward buying 30303
103 Freight Charge 10467
104 Freight Consolidation 7586
105 Gantt Chart 8336
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11805
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29676
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12756
109 Hub 23531
110 Idle Time 8125
111 Import/Export License 8788
112 In Bond Shipment 14047
113 Inbound Logistics 13664
114 Interstate System 11072
115 Inventory Costs 53874
116 Inventory in Transit 16613
117 Inventory Management 55019
118 Inventory Planning System 9923
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22387
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43106
121 JIT 2 18508
122 Job Production 27947
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9201
124 Kanban Squares 6899
125 Laid-Down Cost 10285
126 Lean Office 6185
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10892
128 Lee's Notation 8622
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14342
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37449
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9353
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7573
133 Logistics Channel 22989
134 Logistics Costs 26774
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6724
136 Manifest 10612
137 Marks and Numbers 12699
138 Material Planning 35244
139 Materials Management 26462
140 Milk Run 43239
141 Mini Land Bridge 14486
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9648
143 Modal Split 15511
144 Movement of Goods 19574
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31813
146 North West Corner Method 16919
147 Numeric Distribution 14310
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28650
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48616
150 Operational Efficiency 10002
151 Operational Objectives 13424
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18177
153 Operational Sustainability 28172
154 Operations Management 20963
155 Order Cancellation 10904
156 Order Cycle 18517
157 Order Cycle Time 23595
158 Order Fill Rate 34134
159 Order Fulfillment 6522
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10394
161 Parts Standardization 9379
162 PDCA Cycle 8100
163 Peak Load Pricing 13423
164 Perfect Order 13333
165 Physical Distribution 25059
166 Pick List 9908
167 Pipeline inventory 42482
168 Postponement 15358
169 Process Bottleneck 6357
170 Process Checklist Template 6980
171 Process Yield 20305
172 Product ID 15993
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10424
174 Production Capacity 27868
175 Production Orientation 25771
176 Production Planning 36855
177 Production Related Materials 7769
178 Production Scheduling 36263
179 Purchasing 23033
180 Quality Audit 7239
181 Quality Control 36637
182 Quality Standards 56761
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14280
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12011
185 Quick Response 11354
186 Raw Material 25589
187 Return Goods Handling 10491
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11510
189 Root Cause Analysis 9279
190 Routing 7059
 
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