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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 9556
92 External Growth 9762
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9154
94 Field Services 7549
95 Field Warehouse 9620
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8338
97 Fishbone Diagram 14232
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26412
99 Flow Through Distribution 11978
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7857
101 FOB Destination 12594
102 Forward buying 29620
103 Freight Charge 10046
104 Freight Consolidation 7257
105 Gantt Chart 8071
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11331
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29025
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12374
109 Hub 22949
110 Idle Time 7808
111 Import/Export License 8410
112 In Bond Shipment 13521
113 Inbound Logistics 13132
114 Interstate System 10743
115 Inventory Costs 52488
116 Inventory in Transit 16012
117 Inventory Management 53626
118 Inventory Planning System 9529
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 21808
120 JIT (Just In Time) 40988
121 JIT 2 18158
122 Job Production 26375
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8687
124 Kanban Squares 6561
125 Laid-Down Cost 9837
126 Lean Office 5750
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10706
128 Lee's Notation 8291
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 13710
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36052
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 8904
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7204
133 Logistics Channel 22481
134 Logistics Costs 26189
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6505
136 Manifest 10163
137 Marks and Numbers 12191
138 Material Planning 34434
139 Materials Management 25953
140 Milk Run 42246
141 Mini Land Bridge 14062
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9105
143 Modal Split 14869
144 Movement of Goods 19024
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 30950
146 North West Corner Method 16595
147 Numeric Distribution 13746
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28045
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 47716
150 Operational Efficiency 9612
151 Operational Objectives 13048
152 Operational Performance Measurements 17892
153 Operational Sustainability 27374
154 Operations Management 19671
155 Order Cancellation 10324
156 Order Cycle 18105
157 Order Cycle Time 23061
158 Order Fill Rate 33529
159 Order Fulfillment 6237
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 9989
161 Parts Standardization 9025
162 PDCA Cycle 7786
163 Peak Load Pricing 13050
164 Perfect Order 12725
165 Physical Distribution 24448
166 Pick List 9544
167 Pipeline inventory 41804
168 Postponement 14949
169 Process Bottleneck 5978
170 Process Checklist Template 6670
171 Process Yield 19799
172 Product ID 15560
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10155
174 Production Capacity 26879
175 Production Orientation 25196
176 Production Planning 35329
177 Production Related Materials 7240
178 Production Scheduling 34840
179 Purchasing 22066
180 Quality Audit 6834
181 Quality Control 34709
182 Quality Standards 55733
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 13821
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11649
185 Quick Response 10828
186 Raw Material 24111
187 Return Goods Handling 10151
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 10683
189 Root Cause Analysis 8937
190 Routing 6800
 
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