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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 9846
92 External Growth 10107
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9542
94 Field Services 7762
95 Field Warehouse 10568
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8808
97 Fishbone Diagram 14635
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27098
99 Flow Through Distribution 12343
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8202
101 FOB Destination 13067
102 Forward buying 30230
103 Freight Charge 10434
104 Freight Consolidation 7551
105 Gantt Chart 8312
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11764
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29624
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12719
109 Hub 23476
110 Idle Time 8091
111 Import/Export License 8748
112 In Bond Shipment 13998
113 Inbound Logistics 13620
114 Interstate System 11032
115 Inventory Costs 53742
116 Inventory in Transit 16567
117 Inventory Management 54911
118 Inventory Planning System 9894
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22339
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42906
121 JIT 2 18470
122 Job Production 27801
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9167
124 Kanban Squares 6857
125 Laid-Down Cost 10226
126 Lean Office 6144
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10871
128 Lee's Notation 8585
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14278
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37362
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9306
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7547
133 Logistics Channel 22953
134 Logistics Costs 26723
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6707
136 Manifest 10567
137 Marks and Numbers 12644
138 Material Planning 35178
139 Materials Management 26408
140 Milk Run 43164
141 Mini Land Bridge 14445
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9597
143 Modal Split 15465
144 Movement of Goods 19519
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31723
146 North West Corner Method 16888
147 Numeric Distribution 14260
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28595
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48517
150 Operational Efficiency 9971
151 Operational Objectives 13385
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18143
153 Operational Sustainability 28095
154 Operations Management 20883
155 Order Cancellation 10862
156 Order Cycle 18475
157 Order Cycle Time 23551
158 Order Fill Rate 34074
159 Order Fulfillment 6494
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10348
161 Parts Standardization 9345
162 PDCA Cycle 8072
163 Peak Load Pricing 13390
164 Perfect Order 13276
165 Physical Distribution 24999
166 Pick List 9872
167 Pipeline inventory 42422
168 Postponement 15319
169 Process Bottleneck 6321
170 Process Checklist Template 6949
171 Process Yield 20258
172 Product ID 15947
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10391
174 Production Capacity 27777
175 Production Orientation 25711
176 Production Planning 36724
177 Production Related Materials 7728
178 Production Scheduling 36152
179 Purchasing 22943
180 Quality Audit 7199
181 Quality Control 36475
182 Quality Standards 56669
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14246
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11975
185 Quick Response 11301
186 Raw Material 25461
187 Return Goods Handling 10452
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11431
189 Root Cause Analysis 9245
190 Routing 7031
 
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