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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 9871
92 External Growth 10144
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9573
94 Field Services 7779
95 Field Warehouse 10676
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8859
97 Fishbone Diagram 14675
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27163
99 Flow Through Distribution 12379
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8237
101 FOB Destination 13119
102 Forward buying 30293
103 Freight Charge 10459
104 Freight Consolidation 7579
105 Gantt Chart 8332
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11800
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29668
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12752
109 Hub 23526
110 Idle Time 8119
111 Import/Export License 8781
112 In Bond Shipment 14035
113 Inbound Logistics 13658
114 Interstate System 11065
115 Inventory Costs 53854
116 Inventory in Transit 16605
117 Inventory Management 55000
118 Inventory Planning System 9920
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22380
120 JIT (Just In Time) 43092
121 JIT 2 18502
122 Job Production 27917
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9196
124 Kanban Squares 6892
125 Laid-Down Cost 10278
126 Lean Office 6177
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10891
128 Lee's Notation 8617
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14334
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37436
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9345
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7569
133 Logistics Channel 22983
134 Logistics Costs 26760
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6722
136 Manifest 10606
137 Marks and Numbers 12693
138 Material Planning 35235
139 Materials Management 26455
140 Milk Run 43229
141 Mini Land Bridge 14478
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9641
143 Modal Split 15503
144 Movement of Goods 19561
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31797
146 North West Corner Method 16913
147 Numeric Distribution 14303
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28642
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48603
150 Operational Efficiency 9997
151 Operational Objectives 13417
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18170
153 Operational Sustainability 28160
154 Operations Management 20952
155 Order Cancellation 10899
156 Order Cycle 18512
157 Order Cycle Time 23588
158 Order Fill Rate 34128
159 Order Fulfillment 6520
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10388
161 Parts Standardization 9375
162 PDCA Cycle 8095
163 Peak Load Pricing 13418
164 Perfect Order 13325
165 Physical Distribution 25048
166 Pick List 9904
167 Pipeline inventory 42470
168 Postponement 15352
169 Process Bottleneck 6352
170 Process Checklist Template 6972
171 Process Yield 20296
172 Product ID 15986
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10418
174 Production Capacity 27850
175 Production Orientation 25763
176 Production Planning 36838
177 Production Related Materials 7762
178 Production Scheduling 36250
179 Purchasing 23020
180 Quality Audit 7235
181 Quality Control 36610
182 Quality Standards 56743
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14273
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 12005
185 Quick Response 11344
186 Raw Material 25578
187 Return Goods Handling 10483
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11497
189 Root Cause Analysis 9275
190 Routing 7056
 
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