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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 8020
92 External Growth 8138
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 7556
94 Field Services 6160
95 Field Warehouse 7824
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 5440
97 Fishbone Diagram 12389
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 22115
99 Flow Through Distribution 10131
100 FOB (Free On Board) 6160
101 FOB Destination 10050
102 Forward buying 27037
103 Freight Charge 8761
104 Freight Consolidation 5875
105 Gantt Chart 6929
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 9073
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 26085
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 10797
109 Hub 20424
110 Idle Time 6485
111 Import/Export License 6716
112 In Bond Shipment 11568
113 Inbound Logistics 11379
114 Interstate System 9414
115 Inventory Costs 45214
116 Inventory in Transit 13362
117 Inventory Management 45467
118 Inventory Planning System 7605
119 Inventory Shortage Penalty Cost 19222
120 JIT (Just In Time) 32004
121 JIT 2 16710
122 Job Production 19257
123 JSA (Job Safety Analysis) 7171
124 Kanban Squares 5323
125 Laid-Down Cost 8151
126 Lean Office 4756
127 Least Cost Cell First Method 9727
128 Lee's Notation 6498
129 LIFO (Last In First Out) 10923
130 LIFR (Line Item Fill Rate) 32118
131 Lift On, Lift Off (LO/LO) 7061
132 Linear and Logistics Model 5923
133 Logistics Channel 20056
134 Logistics Costs 23613
135 Maintenance Repair & Operating (MRO) 5342
136 Manifest 8076
137 Marks and Numbers 9881
138 Material Planning 28907
139 Materials Management 22962
140 Milk Run 37030
141 Mini Land Bridge 12409
142 Minimum Efficient Scale MES 7760
143 Modal Split 12559
144 Movement of Goods 15807
145 Non-Negotiable Bill of Lading 27513
146 North West Corner Method 15114
147 Numeric Distribution 11043
148 One Level Distribution Channel 25211
149 One Point Lesson (OPL) 43917
150 Operational Efficiency 8280
151 Operational Objectives 11516
152 Operational Performance Measurements 16354
153 Operational Sustainability 24389
154 Operations Management 14026
155 Order Cancellation 8303
156 Order Cycle 16600
157 Order Cycle Time 21075
158 Order Fill Rate 31327
159 Order Fulfillment 5051
160 Over Short & Damaged (OS&D) 8658
161 Parts Standardization 7717
162 PDCA Cycle 6703
163 Peak Load Pricing 11854
164 Perfect Order 10678
165 Physical Distribution 21687
166 Pick List 8076
167 Pipeline inventory 38747
168 Postponement 13248
169 Process Bottleneck 4964
170 Process Checklist Template 5754
171 Process Yield 17357
172 Product ID 13779
173 Product Mix Decision Making (PMDM) 9023
174 Production Capacity 21006
175 Production Orientation 22581
176 Production Planning 26992
177 Production Related Materials 5478
178 Production Scheduling 28250
179 Purchasing 17401
180 Quality Audit 5334
181 Quality Control 23900
182 Quality Standards 50476
183 Quality Tradeoff Curve 11934
184 Queuing Theory or Waiting Line Theory 9944
185 Quick Response 8632
186 Raw Material 16755
187 Return Goods Handling 8785
188 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 8155
189 Root Cause Analysis 7050
190 Routing 5682
 
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