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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 9835
92 External Growth 10079
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9526
94 Field Services 7745
95 Field Warehouse 10475
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8769
97 Fishbone Diagram 14613
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27044
99 Flow Through Distribution 12315
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8185
101 FOB Destination 13037
102 Forward buying 30171
103 Freight Charge 10415
104 Freight Consolidation 7536
105 Gantt Chart 8292
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11738
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29595
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12687
109 Hub 23439
110 Idle Time 8074
111 Import/Export License 8727
112 In Bond Shipment 13963
113 Inbound Logistics 13590
114 Interstate System 11010
115 Inventory Costs 53644
116 Inventory in Transit 16537
117 Inventory Management 54818
118 Inventory Planning System 9875
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22309
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42747
121 JIT 2 18445
122 Job Production 27695
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 9151
124 Kanban Squares 6841
125 Laid-Down Cost 10194
126 Lean Office 6129
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10861
128 Lee's Notation 8573
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14239
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 37296
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9277
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7532
133 Logistics Channel 22921
134 Logistics Costs 26693
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6693
136 Manifest 10541
137 Marks and Numbers 12612
138 Material Planning 35113
139 Materials Management 26382
140 Milk Run 43121
141 Mini Land Bridge 14425
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9571
143 Modal Split 15429
144 Movement of Goods 19488
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31659
146 North West Corner Method 16874
147 Numeric Distribution 14236
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28559
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48458
150 Operational Efficiency 9948
151 Operational Objectives 13359
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18127
153 Operational Sustainability 28034
154 Operations Management 20797
155 Order Cancellation 10833
156 Order Cycle 18452
157 Order Cycle Time 23526
158 Order Fill Rate 34041
159 Order Fulfillment 6480
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10324
161 Parts Standardization 9325
162 PDCA Cycle 8059
163 Peak Load Pricing 13374
164 Perfect Order 13241
165 Physical Distribution 24952
166 Pick List 9847
167 Pipeline inventory 42378
168 Postponement 15297
169 Process Bottleneck 6304
170 Process Checklist Template 6936
171 Process Yield 20238
172 Product ID 15922
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10372
174 Production Capacity 27724
175 Production Orientation 25681
176 Production Planning 36632
177 Production Related Materials 7703
178 Production Scheduling 36074
179 Purchasing 22883
180 Quality Audit 7177
181 Quality Control 36370
182 Quality Standards 56604
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14221
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11959
185 Quick Response 11277
186 Raw Material 25372
187 Return Goods Handling 10430
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11392
189 Root Cause Analysis 9222
190 Routing 7016
 
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