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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 9765
92 External Growth 9991
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9357
94 Field Services 7695
95 Field Warehouse 10091
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8677
97 Fishbone Diagram 14523
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26874
99 Flow Through Distribution 12232
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8093
101 FOB Destination 12943
102 Forward buying 29965
103 Freight Charge 10256
104 Freight Consolidation 7470
105 Gantt Chart 8232
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11641
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29456
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12605
109 Hub 23304
110 Idle Time 7999
111 Import/Export License 8645
112 In Bond Shipment 13829
113 Inbound Logistics 13478
114 Interstate System 10932
115 Inventory Costs 53356
116 Inventory in Transit 16338
117 Inventory Management 54490
118 Inventory Planning System 9727
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 22194
120 JIT (Just In Time) 42326
121 JIT 2 18368
122 Job Production 27343
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 8975
124 Kanban Squares 6771
125 Laid-Down Cost 10074
126 Lean Office 5964
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 10816
128 Lee's Notation 8509
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 14111
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 36969
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 9168
132 Linear and Logistics Model 7384
133 Logistics Channel 22799
134 Logistics Costs 26542
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 6636
136 Manifest 10460
137 Marks and Numbers 12515
138 Material Planning 34972
139 Materials Management 26270
140 Milk Run 42939
141 Mini Land Bridge 14337
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 9448
143 Modal Split 15318
144 Movement of Goods 19362
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 31432
146 North West Corner Method 16802
147 Numeric Distribution 14109
148 One Level Distribution Channel 28436
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 48260
150 Operational Efficiency 9872
151 Operational Objectives 13277
152 Operational Performance Measurements 18074
153 Operational Sustainability 27795
154 Operations Management 20502
155 Order Cancellation 10729
156 Order Cycle 18366
157 Order Cycle Time 23420
158 Order Fill Rate 33914
159 Order Fulfillment 6418
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 10221
161 Parts Standardization 9245
162 PDCA Cycle 7927
163 Peak Load Pricing 13302
164 Perfect Order 13105
165 Physical Distribution 24833
166 Pick List 9772
167 Pipeline inventory 42253
168 Postponement 15217
169 Process Bottleneck 6223
170 Process Checklist Template 6866
171 Process Yield 20068
172 Product ID 15825
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 10326
174 Production Capacity 27529
175 Production Orientation 25530
176 Production Planning 36327
177 Production Related Materials 7603
178 Production Scheduling 35774
179 Purchasing 22612
180 Quality Audit 7089
181 Quality Control 35968
182 Quality Standards 56385
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 14094
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 11876
185 Quick Response 11183
186 Raw Material 25097
187 Return Goods Handling 10349
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 11157
189 Root Cause Analysis 9149
190 Routing 6952
 
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