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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 9929
92 External Growth 10211
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9637
94 Field Services 7819
95 Field Warehouse 10932
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8953
97 Fishbone Diagram 14746
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27296
99 Flow Through Distribution 12458
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8311
101 FOB Destination 13199
102 Forward buying 30391
103 Freight Charge 10512
104 Freight Consolidation 7617
105 Gantt Chart 8368
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11891
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29751
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12817
109 Hub 23608
110 Idle Time 8167
111 Import/Export License 8834
112 In Bond Shipment 14110
113 Inbound Logistics 13730
114 Interstate System 11118
115 Inventory Costs 54047
116 Inventory in Transit 16706
117 Inventory Management 55211
118 Inventory Planning System 9976
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22486
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43343
121 JIT 2 18558
122 Job Production 28192
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9257
124 Kanban Squares 6961
125 Laid-Down Cost 10359
126 Lean Office 6238
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10917
128 Lee's Notation 8649
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14439
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37617
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9421
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7607
133 Logistics Channel 23058
134 Logistics Costs 26865
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6758
136 Manifest 10680
137 Marks and Numbers 12785
138 Material Planning 35344
139 Materials Management 26542
140 Milk Run 43357
141 Mini Land Bridge 14550
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9721
143 Modal Split 15588
144 Movement of Goods 19672
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31913
146 North West Corner Method 16965
147 Numeric Distribution 14379
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28734
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48790
150 Operational Efficiency 10050
151 Operational Objectives 13481
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18209
153 Operational Sustainability 28275
154 Operations Management 21084
155 Order Cancellation 10967
156 Order Cycle 18570
157 Order Cycle Time 23669
158 Order Fill Rate 34217
159 Order Fulfillment 6568
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10462
161 Parts Standardization 9418
162 PDCA Cycle 8132
163 Peak Load Pricing 13467
164 Perfect Order 13416
165 Physical Distribution 25153
166 Pick List 9964
167 Pipeline inventory 42571
168 Postponement 15428
169 Process Bottleneck 6409
170 Process Checklist Template 7015
171 Process Yield 20366
172 Product ID 16055
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10468
174 Production Capacity 28002
175 Production Orientation 25876
176 Production Planning 37052
177 Production Related Materials 7877
178 Production Scheduling 36419
179 Purchasing 23179
180 Quality Audit 7296
181 Quality Control 36852
182 Quality Standards 56891
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14347
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12057
185 Quick Response 11427
186 Raw Material 25754
187 Return Goods Handling 10548
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11618
189 Root Cause Analysis 9331
190 Routing 7093
 
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